Llawhaden

Coordinates: 51°49′12″N 4°47′53″W / 51.82°N 4.798°W / 51.82; -4.798
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Llawhaden
St Aidan's church
Llawhaden is located in Pembrokeshire
Llawhaden
Llawhaden
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population688 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSN072175
Community
  • Llawhaden
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNarberth
Postcode districtSA67 8
Dialling code01437
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°49′12″N 4°47′53″W / 51.82°N 4.798°W / 51.82; -4.798

Llawhaden (

Dungleddy (Welsh: Daugleddyf), Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The community of Llawhaden includes the parish of Robeston Wathen, part of Narberth and the hamlet of Gelli
, and had a population of 634 in 2001, increasing to 688 at the 2011 Census.

Name

The name Llawhaden is an anglicised version of the Welsh form Llanhuadain, and probably means "(monastic) enclosure of St Aidan".[2]

Description

Llawhaden village

The village is in the form of a large

St Aidan (of Ferns, a disciple of Saint David) is situated below the village beside the river, at 51°49′21″N 4°47′40″W / 51.8226°N 4.7944°W / 51.8226; -4.7944
.

History

Llawhaden and its larger hinterland (between the

Marcher Lordship - Dewisland - of which the area around Llawhaden formed a detached part.[3]

As Marcher Lords, the Bishops of St. Davids had judicial powers over all offences (except high treason), could levy tax, issue charters, raise armies, and start wars.

Preseli Hills were less fertile, and hence less hospitable, than those to the south, successive Bishops came to base their administration at Llawhaden;[3] by the 13th century the exchequer, chancery and court of Dewisland had moved here.[4]
Though part of Dewisland, and ruled by the same person - the Bishop of St. Davids - the detached nature of Llawhaden and its hinterland lead to it being sometimes called the Lordship of Llawhaden, as if it were a distinct Marcher Lordship.

King

Laws in Wales Acts abolished the powers of Marcher Lordships;[3] Dewisland (including Llawhaden) was merged by the Act with the adjacent Lordship of Pembroke, to form Pembrokeshire. The detached Llawhaden portion of Dewisland became a mere barony, and Llawhaden burgh ceased to have any administrative importance. George Owen, in 1603, described Llawhaden as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay".[5] (here, borough means burgh; the term borough only took its modern meaning - Municipal borough
- in the 19th century).

The settlement at Llawhaden expanded slightly across the

mill
.

Llawhaden Bridge, to the east of the village, spans the Eastern Cleddau and is a Grade II* listed structure built in the mid-18th century.[7] There are a number of other listed structures in the parish.[8]

Notable people

Admiral Sir Thomas Foley was born in the parish in 1757.

Parish

Llawhaden[9] was a civil parish with an area of 4,609 acres (1,865 ha).

The parish includes the hamlet of Gelli.

Demographics

The civil parish had population as follows:[10]

Date 1801 1831 1861 1891 1921 1951 1981
Population 371 657 647 547 458 402 336

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Llawhaden.
  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ISBN 0-907158-58-7
    , Vol II, p 420
  3. ^ a b c d Judgement in Crown Estate Commissioners v (1) Mark Andrew Tudor Roberts (2) Trelleck Estate Ltd: ChD (Mr Justice Lewison), 13 June 2008
  4. ^ Brian Howells, Pembrokeshire County History, Volume 2, Haverfordwest, 2002, p. 148
  5. ^ Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokeshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
  6. ISBN 1-85902-120-4
    .
  7. ^ "British Listed Buildings: Llawhaden Bridge and River Bank Wall, Llawhaden". Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. ^ "British Listed Buildings: Listed Buildings in Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, Wales". Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. ^ Llawhaden on Genuki
  10. ^ OPCS Reports
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