Hodgeston

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Coordinates: 51°39′27″N 4°51′00″W / 51.6575°N 4.85°W / 51.6575; -4.85
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Hodgeston
Hodgeston parish church
Hodgeston is located in Pembrokeshire
Hodgeston
Hodgeston
Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid referenceSS029993
Community
  • Lamphey
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPembroke
Postcode districtSA71
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°39′27″N 4°51′00″W / 51.6575°N 4.85°W / 51.6575; -4.85

Hodgeston is a small village and

Jameston and Manorbier Newton
.

History

The name Hodgeston is a modern derivation of "Hogges Manor" or similar origin. The name was recorded in 1291 as Villa Hogges.[1]

Hodgeston parish, 709 acres (287 ha),

Castlemartin from the 14th century. In 1833 the population of the parish was 72.[3]

Hodgeston Hall, dating from about 1800, may have originally served as a rectory, but subsequently became a farmhouse. It is a Grade II listed building.[4][5]

Parish registers, 1755–1995, are held by Pembrokeshire County Council.[6]

Transport

The

Pembroke and Tenby railway, opened in 1863, passes through the north of the parish.[7] The nearest railway station is at Lamphey
.

The A4139 road from Pembroke Dock to Tenby runs through the village.

Church

Main article: Hodgeston Parish Church

The parish church, parts of which date from the 13th century, has no recorded dedication and is under the care of Friends of Friendless Churches, who acquired a 999-year lease in 2000.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. ISBN 9780199609086
    . Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ^ "A Vision of Britain through Time: Hodgeston". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ^ "GENUKI: Hodgeston". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. ^ "British Listed Buildings: Hodgeston Hall". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Pembrokeshire County Council Records". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. ^ "GENUKI: Parish map (143)". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Friends of Friendless Churches: Hodgeston". Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  9. ^ Hutton, William Holden (1900). "Young, Thomas (1507-1568)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. pp. 390–392.
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