Manorbier

Manorbier
Welsh: *Maenorbŷr*
Manorbier Welsh: Maenorbŷr;
	The Village Street
	Manorbier Location within Pembrokeshire
Population	1,327 (2011)
Community	Manorbier;
Principal area	Pembrokeshire;
Preserved county	Dyfed;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TENBY
Postcode district	SA70
Dialling code	01834
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	List of places UK Wales Pembrokeshire 51°38′45″N 4°47′48″W / 51.6459°N 4.7966°W

Manorbier (

Lydstep and Manorbier Newton

.

An

West Wales Line stopping at Manorbier railway station

.

Manorbier is within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is a popular tourist attraction with Manorbier Castle, St James's Church, the sandy beach, cliffs, and part of the Wales Coast Path.

History

Manorbier beach

Fossils can be found along the stream bed, although some are of poor quality, and along the cliffs to the side of the beach the rock formations are revealed as vertical beds. The evidence of early human habitation consists of many

flint microliths from the Mesolithic and Neolithic ages, housed in local museums. The cromlech known as the King's Quoit

is south of Manorbier bay and beach.

Later evidence points to occupation of The Dak with the finding of a perforated

Anglo Saxon times and perhaps as early as the Bronze Age

.

The

motte and bailey

style, with the stone walls being added in the next century by later Normans.

St James's parish church dates from the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building.^[3] A large number of other buildings and structures in the parish are listed.^[4]

From 1933 to 1 September 1946, a mixed civil and military airfield was operational. During World War II it was a Royal Air Force airfield, RAF Manorbier.^[5] The site is now a firing range employed by the Royal Artillery as a testing range for high-velocity missiles.

Notable people

Giraldus Cambrensis (ca. 1146 – ca. 1223), also known as Gerald of Wales was a Cambro-Norman priest, historian and son of William de Barri, was born in the village and called it "the pleasantest place in Wales".^[6] ^[7]

Railway

West Wales Line is operated by Transport for Wales Rail, who also manage the station. Trains stop here on request every two hours in each direction, westwards to Pembroke Dock and eastwards to Tenby, Whitland, Carmarthen and Swansea

.