Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HUBBERSTON

HUBBERSTON, a village and a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke. The village stands on a creek of Milford Haven, 1 mile W of Milford r. station; and carries on some trade in the export of corn, limestone, and coal.—The parish is partly within Milford borough; and it comprises 1, 270 acres of land, and 610 of water. Post town, Milford Haven. Real property, £3, 963; of which £235 are in gas works. Pop. in 1851, 1, 040; in 1861, 1, 270. Houses. 242. Pop. of the part within Milford borough, 836. Houses, 162. An observatory, and the remains of Pill priory are a little E of the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £130.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has some old stalls, and was recently in disrepair. Charities, £8


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

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Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hubberston CP/AP       Haverfordwest RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place: Hubberston

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