Henry's Moat

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Henry's Moat
Welsh: Castell Hendre
Pembrokeshire
The church, Henry's Moat NLW3362044.jpg
St Brynach's Church, about 1885
Location
Location: 51°54’47"N, 4°50’46"W
Data
Post town: Clarbeston Road
Postcode: SA63
Local Government
Council: Pembrokeshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Preseli Pembrokeshire

Henry’s Moat is a hamlet and ancient parish in the Cemais Hundred of Pembrokeshire. It is seven miles south-east of Fishguard and nine miles north-east of Haverfordwest. The nearest railway station is Clarbeston Road, five miles to the south. The parish church is dedicated to St Brynach (English: St Bernard).[1]

Name

The parish’s Welsh name was Castell Hên-drêv (or Hendre), Anglicised by early English settlers to its present form. It derives from an ancient tumulus surrounded by a moat.[1]

History

In 1833 the population of the parish was 282.[1] It includes the hamlet of Tufton on the nearby B4329 Cardigan to Haverfordwest turnpike.[2]

References

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