Clarbeston
Clarbeston
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|---|---|
 Parish Church of St Martin | |
  Clarbeston Location within Pembrokeshire | |
| Population | 318 |
| OS grid reference | SN047212 |
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| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CLARBESTON ROAD |
| Postcode district | SA63 |
| Dialling code | 01437 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Clarbeston (Welsh: Treglarbes) is a village and parish[1] in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Haverfordwest. The parish, together with Wiston and Walton East, constitute the community of Wiston. The population was 318 at the 2011 census.[2]
Name
The English placename means "Clarenbald's farm", Clarenbald being a continental Germanic (perhaps Flemish) personal name.[3]
Location
Clarbeston Road railway station and the surrounding settlement and post town of Clarbeston Road lie to the west of the village.
Parish
The parish is close to the Landsker Line, with the proportion of Welsh speakers declining in the late twentieth century from 41% in 1891 and 44% in 1931 to 27% in 1971.
The parish had an area of 671 ha (1,660 acres). Its census populations were: 180 (1801), 178 (1851), 158 (1901), 114 (1951), 71 (1981)
References
- ↑ "GENUKI: Clarbeston". Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ↑ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 406
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