Herbrandston
| Herbrandston | |
| Pembrokeshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's church, Herbrandston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SM899061 |
| Location: | 51°43’35"N, 5°5’9"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,523 |
| Post town: | Milford Haven |
| Postcode: | SA73 |
| Dialling code: | 01646 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Pembrokeshire |
Herbrandston is a large coastal village in southern Pembrokeshire, standing on the northern side of the River Cleddau. It is to the west of Milford Haven and Hakin, and lies to the east of St Ishmael's. The village has a population of 1,523, 15% of which is Welsh-speaking. It is part of the Roose Hundred.
Before 1960 and the building of the Esso oil refinery, the village only had a population of 200. But, as infrastructure grew, so did the population. The size of the village increased within a matter of years, as housing estates associated with the refinery were built.
History
Herbrandston's name derives from a Norman or Flemish settler in Pembrokeshire, named Herbrand, who, soon after the Norman Conquest, fixed his residence here. [1]. St Mary's church in the village contains a worn effigy of what appears to be a 14th-century knight holding a sword. Its tower currently consists of 2 levels. The third level, which contained battlements, was removed between 1740 and 1770.[2] The village green was the site of an annual Hiring Fair, held on 12 August.[1]
Thankful village
Herbrandston is one of the Thankful Villages, those few, blessed places which greeted the return of all their young men from the Great War and consequently it has no war memorial. It is the only such village in the county. Herbrandston is one of the very few Twice-Thankful Villages, for it lost no men in the Second World War either.[3].
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lewis, Samuel (1849). A Topographical History of Wales. pp. 411–418. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47833&strquery=Herbrandston#s16.
- ↑ Milford Haven Walks, PLANED, 2005
- ↑ Thankful Villages – Herbrandston