A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PUNCHESTON, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on the river Cleddau, under the Precellymountains, 6½ miles S E of Fishguard, and 7 N N W of Clarbeston-Road r. station. Post-town, Fishguard, under Haverfordwest. Acres, 1, 725. Real property, £947. Pop., 231. Houses, 57. Traces of an ancient camp are at Castell-Mael. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £101.* Patron, the Rev. J. W. James. Gambold, author of a " Welsh and Latin Dictionary, " was rector. A fair is held on the second Monday after 22 Nov.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Puncheston AP/CP Haverfordwest RegD/PLU Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place: | Puncheston |
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