Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PWLLCROCHAN

PWLLCROCHAN, a parish in the district and county of Pembroke; on Milford haven, 4¼ miles W of Pembroke r. station. Post-town, Pembroke. Acres, 3,016; of which 1, 380 are water. Real property, £1, 459. Pop., 364. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £200.* Patrons, Mrs. Lukin's Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1342, by R. Beneger, then rector; and contains a monument to him. There is an endowed school, with £12 a year.


(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: Pwllcrochon CP/AP       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place: Pwllcrochon

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