Hodgeston is a small village and

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a mile southeast of

Lamphey Lamphey ( ) is both a village, a parish and a Community (Wales), community near the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, approximately east of the town of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke, and north of the seaside village of Freshwater East. ...

, south

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, Wales, and is in the

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of Lamphey. It is on the A4139

Pembroke Dock Pembroke Dock () is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau. Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly following the constr ...

Tenby Tenby () is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies within Carmarthen Bay. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, the 13th-century Tenby Town Walls, me ...

road. Other surrounding villages are Freshwater East, Jameston and

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History

The name Hodgeston is a modern derivation of "Hogges Manor" or similar origin. The name was recorded in 1291 as ''Villa Hogges''. Hodgeston parish, , was in the

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of Castlemartin from the 14th century. In 1833 the population of the parish was 72. Hodgeston Hall, dating from about 1800, may have originally served as a rectory, but subsequently became a farmhouse. It is a Grade II

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. Parish registers, 1755–1995, are held by Pembrokeshire County Council.

Transport

The Pembroke and Tenby railway, opened in 1863, passes through the north of the parish. The nearest railway station is at

. The A4139 road from Pembroke Dock to Tenby runs through the village.

Church

The parish church, parts of which date from the 13th century, has no recorded dedication and is under the care of

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, who acquired a 999-year lease in 2000.

Notable people

* Thomas Young (1507–1568), born at Hodgeston, a

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and

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(1561–1568).

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