Narberth Hundred

The Hundred of Narberth is a hundred in Pembrokeshire. It was formed by the Laws in Wales Act 1535 from parts of the pre-Norman cantrefs of Penfro (the commote of Coedrath) and Cantref Gwarthaf (the commote of Efelfre).^[1] It derives its Welsh-language name from the town and district of the same name, which means "(district) by the wood", (that is the forest of Coedrath).^[2] The hundred spanned the Landsker line, with the parishes of Velfrey being identified by George Owen^[3] as Welsh-speaking, and the southern coastal part being English-speaking, part of Little England beyond Wales.

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↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 463
↑ Charles, ibid, p 531
↑ Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokeshire Dillwyn Miles (Ed), Gomer, 1994, ISBN 185902-120-4, p 51

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Location map: 51°47’53"N, 4°44’35"W

Hundreds of Pembrokeshire
Cilgerran • Cemais • Dewisland • Roose (including Haverfordwest) • Castlemartin (including Pembroke) • Narberth (including Tenby) • Dungleddy

[1] Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 463

[2] Charles, ibid, p 531

[3] Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokeshire Dillwyn Miles (Ed), Gomer, 1994, ISBN 185902-120-4, p 51

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