Haroldston West

Haroldston West
St Madoc's Church
Haroldston West Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference	SM862147
Community	Merlin’s Bridge
Principal area	Pembrokeshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Haverfordwest
Postcode district	SA62
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire

Haroldston West is a rural coastal parish in west Pembrokeshire, Wales,[1][2] 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Haverfordwest.

History

A number of prehistoric remains exist in the parish.[3]

Haroldston West parish was in the ancient Hundred of Rhos, Pembrokeshire, and in 1833 had a population of 155. Its name is taken from that of an Anglo-Norman who held local lands.[1]

In 1872 the population was 149, living in 28 houses in an area of 1,718 acres (6.95 km^2).[4]

During the Second World War there was a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Withybush called Haroldston airfield which was never used for emergency landings.[5]

Church

The parish church is dedicated to St Madoc of Ferns.[6] Before the 1880s the church was a "barn-like old church of nave and chancel with big sash windows and a makeshift roof of salvaged ships' timbers" but had become derelict. It was rebuilt in 1885.[7]

References

1. "GENUKI: Haroldston West". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
2. "GENUKI: Parish map". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
3. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. HMSO. 1925. p. 107. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
4. "A Vision of Britain:Haroldston West". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
5. RCAHMW. "HAROLDSTONE AIRFIELD". Coflein. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
6. "St Madoc of Ferns". Retrieved 25 April 2015.
7. Lloyd, Orbach & Scourfield (2004). Pembrokeshire. Yale University Press. p. 200. ISBN 0300101783. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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