Cilgerran Hundred
The Hundred of Cilgerran (often written "Kilgerran") is a hundred in the north of Pembrokeshire. It was formed in 1536 from the commote of the pre-Norman cantref of Emlyn and is otherwise called in the Welsh language Emlyn Is Cuch (Emlyn below the River Cuch),[1] with the addition of the Cemais parish of Llantood. The area of the commote was about 26,000 acres: that of the hundred is 28,000 acres.
It was under the control of the mediæval borough of Cilgerran. It was occupied by the Normans in the 12th century, and made part of the March, but remained exclusively Welsh-speaking. In addition to Cilgerran Castle, the Normans also constructed at least one other castle in the commote: Castell Chrychydd in Clydau.[2]
The commote comprises the ancient parishes of Bridell, Cilgerran, Clydau, Capel Colman, Llanfihangel Penbedw, Manordeifi and Penrydd, and the western part of Cilrhedyn.[3][4]
Notes
- Location map: 51°59’24"N, 4°33’40"W
- ↑ B G Charles, Place-names of Pembrokeshire, NLoW, 1992, p 347
- ↑ Howells, B, Walker, R. F., Pembrokeshire County History: Vol II: Medieval Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire Historical Society, 2002, ISBN 0-903771-10-1, p 523
- ↑ Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units, UoW Press, 1969, p 66
- ↑ "Pembrokeshire Hundreds and Parishes (GENUKI)". http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/CilgerranMap.html. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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Cilgerran • Cemais • Dewisland • Roose (including Haverfordwest) • Castlemartin (including Pembroke) • Narberth (including Tenby) • Dungleddy |
