Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DOGWELLS (St.)

DOGWELLS (St.), a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on an affluent of the West Cleddau river, 7 miles NW by N of Clarbeston Road r. station, and 8 N of Haverfordwest. Post town, Letterston, under Haverfordwest. Acres, 3, 347. Real property, £2, 345. Pop., 436. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to St. David's cathedral. Slate is quarried, and a medicinal spring occurs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £71.* Patrons, the Bishop, and Dean, and Chapter of St. Davids. The church is good. Charities, £8.


(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: St Dogwells CP/AP       Haverfordwest RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place names: DOGWELLS ST     |     ST DOGWELLS
Place: St Dogwells

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