Hayscastle
| Haycastle | |
| Pembrokeshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Location: | 51°53’23"N, 5°2’47"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Haverfordwest |
| Postcode: | SA62 |
| Dialling code: | 01348 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Pembrokeshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Haycastle or Hays-Castle is a village and parish in the Hundred of Dewisland, Pembrokeshire. It is located 7½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Haverfordwest; it had 366 inhabitants in 1841.[1]
The principal road is the B4330 road. This rural parish, which is of considerable extent, is recorded as having been for the greater part inclosed and in a good state of cultivation. The largest village is Haycastle Cross; Haycastle to the north-west is considerably smaller and is no larger than a hamlet. The parish also contains the villages of Brimstone and Ford.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales recorded a parish population of 297 and 62 houses and stated that it covered an area of 4,462 acres.[2]
Hays Castle Motte was a Norman castle located in the area.[3] It lay on a mound, oval in plan and still stands around 20 feet high on one side. Little remains of the castle today.[4] The church is dedicated to St. Mary; and at the small village of Ford, in the parish, is a chapel of ease.[1] St. Mary's is a church of mediæval origin, but little remains from that period except the 13th-century font.[5] Repairs were made to the church by D. F. Ingleton in 1927-8.[3] There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists; and two or three Sunday schools which were supported by the dissenters. Noddfa Newton Chapel was built in 1862 and rebuilt in 1924. It is described as having an "old-fashioned stone gable front with a centre arch and arched windows."[3] Several tumuli were formerly discernible, but they have been nearly levelled.[1] RAF Hayscastle Cross Chain Home was situated here during the Second World War.[6]
Culture
The village has a History and Environment Society, Women's Institute, Neighbourhood Watch and Young Farmers' Club. Since 1954, the Hayscastle Show, an horticultural show, has been held each August. In 1969, a separate committee was formed to organise pony classes which are now also a feature of the show.[7] Hayscastle fishery with a small lake lies between the villages of Hayscastle Cross and Hayscastle.
References
- Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lewis, Samuel (1849). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Lewis and Co.. pp. 411–18. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47833. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hayscastle Pembrokeshire". Vision of Britain.org.uk. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=1968. Retrieved 17 Jun 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (11 March 2004). Pembrokeshire. Yale University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-300-10178-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=AyK4f2_8H78C&pg=PA226. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hays Castle Motte". Castleswales.com. http://www.castlewales.com/haycastl.html. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "St. Mary’s Church". Hayscastle.com. http://hayscastle.com/?page_id=114. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Site Name: RAF Hayscastle Cross – West Coast Chain Home and West Coast Readiness ROTOR Radar Station". Subterranea Britannica. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/h/hayscastle_cross/index.shtml. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hayscastle Show". Hayscastle.com. http://hayscastle.com/?page_id=18. Retrieved 17 June 2012.