Johnston, Pembrokeshire
| Johnston | |
| Pembrokeshire | |
|---|---|
| |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SM932104 |
| Location: | 51°45’14"N, 4°59’51"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,517 (2011) |
| Post town: | Haverfordwest |
| Postcode: | SA62 |
| Dialling code: | 01437 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Pembrokeshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Preseli Pembrokeshire |
Johnston is a parish in the Hundred of Roose, Pembrokeshire.
It lies on the A4076 road approximately midway between Haverfordwest and the port of Milford Haven and is served by Johnston railway station. Until the end of the 19th century, anthracite was mined here. The village is now a dormitory for Haverfordwest and Milford Haven. The parish church has the typical tall, slim castellated tower of churches in south Pembrokeshire.
The village is just over a mile long[1] and almost a mile wide from the furthest main points.[2]
History
Johnston was founded as a small farming and mining[3] village sometime before 1801 when 99 people lived in the village. The population steadily grew to 600 in 1951 and almost doubled in the next 10 years to 1133.[4] Since then Johnston has had a steady population growth.
Demographics
Johnston is not an ethnically diverse village with 99.55% of the population identifying as White. It is also a majority Christian village with 62.4% of people identifying as a Christian, 0.2% as a Buddhist, 0.4% as a Muslim, 0.5% as Other and 26.5% as No Religion. 9.7% of people did not state a religion.[5]
Education
Johnston CP School is a primary school with year groups, Nursery to Year 6. It has over 150 pupils. It has been on its current site for approximately 30–35 years. Before then it was at another site in the north of Johnston. Pupils in Secondary Education are automatically enrolled in Tasker-Milward V.C. School, although parents may opt out of this and send their child to another school.
Transport
Johnston is served by buses to Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Neyland and Tenby.
Johnston railway station serves as a railway link. Trains run in both directions every two hours. The station itself is unmanned and is a request stop.
Pubs, Restaurants and Hotels
Johnston has five pubs, The Vine Inn, also a restaurant, The Silverdale, also a hotel and restaurant, The Railway, The Windsor Hotel, also a hotel and restaurant and Johnston Country Club.
Other
Johnston also has a wide range of amenities. Namely a 24/7 petrol station, a post office, shop/off licence, doctors surgery, two car dealership garages, an Anglican church, a chapel, a pharmacy, a fish & chip shop, Indian restaurant and takeaway, three MOT Garages, a play park and a hairdressing salon.
A meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) was opened in December 2012 and is home to the Milford Haven Branch.
The Anglican church of St Peter, established as a mission church in 1894, became a Chapel of Ease to Saint Paul's Church, Pentre Broughton in 1908. It is a grade II* listed building [6]
References
- ↑ http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.7561,-5.000153&spn=0.039635,0.077162&t=h&z=14
- ↑ http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.755648,-4.994187&spn=0.019818,0.038581&t=h&z=15
- ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_PAR1831&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=Y
- ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=N
- ↑ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2479
- ↑ "Church of St Peter, Johnston". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-11996-church-of-st-peter-johnston. Retrieved 29 December 2013.