Llanstinan is a rural

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in the

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Scleddau Scleddau is a village and a community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and is south of Fishguard on the main A40 road. The Western Cleddau river which lends its name to the village flows under the main road. There are several springs in t ...

, north

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, Wales, south of

Fishguard Fishguard (, meaning "Mouth of the River Gwaun") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with a population of 3,400 (rounded to the nearest 100) as of the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Modern Fishguard consists of two parts, Lowe ...

History

Parish

Originally in the ancient

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of Dewisland, formerly a pre-Norman

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, the parish is bordered in the west by the

Western Cleddau The River Cleddau () consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary and the harbour of Milford Haven Waterway. The name of the combined estuary – the Daugleddau – ...

river and in the east by Nant y Bugail; it is entirely rural. Decayed but distinct prehistoric earthworks exist. A 1578 map in the British Library shows the parish as ''Llannastynan''. A village named Llanstinan does not appear to have ever existed; the nearby villages of Trecwn in the east and Scleddau in the west have gained more prominence. The population in 1801 was 114.

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''Topographical Dictionary'' of 1833 gives the population as 168. The 1849 edition expands the population to 170, and notes that there is a small slate quarry in the parish and a Calvinist Methodist place of worship. By the 1870s the population was 174, in 36 houses. The parish is now part of the Benefice of Llanwnda (St Gwyndaf) and Goodwick (St Peter) with Manorowen and Llanstinan in the Diocese of St David's.

Parish church

The parish church of St Justinian, isolated in farmland, is mediaeval or Norman in origin, but was substantially rebuilt in the 19th century. It is a Grade II*

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Notable people

Sir William Wogan (politician) was a member of the influential Wogan family of Llanstinan who died in 1710, leaving his estate to a Symmons relative. The Reverend Dr Charles Symmons (17491826) was a grandson of John Symmons (1701–64) of Llanstinan. The Symmons family was a significant one in the area, and beyond. Their seat was Llanstinan House, which was acquired by a member of another significant local family, Sir Hugh Owen (1803–91), in the 19th century. The

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in about 2003 published a paper on the status and history of the house, whose origins are thought to date back to the 16th century, and since then has seen luxurious times to more recent decay.

Richard Fenton Richard Fenton (January 1747 – November 1821) was a Welsh lawyer, topography, topographer and poet. Biography Fenton was born in January 1747 in St David's, Pembrokeshire, and was baptised in St David's Cathedral on 20 February 1747, "being t ...

in 1811 referred to Llanstinan as ''"...a place I shall ever remember, with an affection that I want words to express..."''

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Further historical information and sources on GENUKI
{{authority control Villages in Pembrokeshire