Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARLOES, or MARLAIS

MARLOES, or MARLAIS, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; in the peninsula between Milford Haven and St. Bride's bay, 6 miles W by N of Milford r. station, and 10 SW of Haverfordwest. Post town, Milford Haven. Acres, 2,478. Real property, £2,947. Pop., 443. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few. A lake here, called Marloesmere, contains leeches. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £80. Patron, the Lord Chaucellor. The church is tolerable. Charities, £5.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Marloes AP/CP       Haverfordwest RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place names: MARLAIS     |     MARLOES     |     MARLOES OR MARLAIS
Place: Marloes

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