Camrose
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| Camrose Welsh: Camros | |
| Pembrokeshire | |
|---|---|
 St Ishmael's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SM927201 |
| Location: | 51°50’25"N, 5°0’30"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Haverfordwest |
| Postcode: | SA62 |
| Dialling code: | 01437 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Pembrokeshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Camrose is a village, and parish in the Hundred of Roose, Pembrokeshire. The parish includes the village of Lambston.
Description
The name is an anglicization of the Welsh-language Camros, meaning "crooked" or "broken moor".[1] The village contains a substantial Norman motte,[2] which is often referred to as a "Landsker castle" although it lies far to the south of that that linguistic boundary.
The parish church is dedicated to the 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint Ismael.[3] and is a grade II* listed building. [4]
Population
The civil parish had a census population as follows:[5]
| Date | 1801 | 1831 | 1861 | 1891 | 1921 | 1951 | 1981 |
| Population | 831 | 1259 | 1126 | 833 | 627 | 690 | 1047 |
Football Club
The village football team plays its home matches at Folly Fields at the northern edge of the village, and is managed by Jamie Gilderdale.
Notes
- ↑ Charles, B. G, The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, Vol II, p 575
- ↑ Castles of Wales
- ↑ This is located at grid reference [192720, 220060], which can be used for example at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ to locate maps and aerial photographs of the site.
- ↑ "Church of St Ishmael, Camrose". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-25147-church-of-st-ishmael-camrose. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ OPCS Reports