Clarbeston
Encyclopedia
Clarbeston is a village and parish
in Pembrokeshire
, Wales
. It is situated 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Haverfordwest
. The parish, together with Wiston
and Walton East
, constitute the community
of Wiston.
Clarbeston Road railway station
and the surrounding settlement and post town
of Clarbeston Road lie to the west of the village.
The English placename means "Clarenbald's farm", Clarenbald being a continental Germanic
(perhaps Flemish
) personal name. The Welsh placename is a translation of the English. The parish is close to, or on, the Pembrokeshire language frontier
and has always had a somewhat fluctuating proportion of Welsh speakers.
The parish had an area of 671 ha (1,658.1 acre). Its census
populations were: 180 (1801): 178 (1851): 158 (1901): 114 (1951): 71 (1981)
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 41 (1891): 44 (1931): 27 (1971)
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is situated 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...
. The parish, together with Wiston
Wiston, Pembrokeshire
Wiston is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the United Kingdom. It was once a marcher borough. Owen, in 1603, described it as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay"...
and Walton East
Walton East
Walton East is a parish in the hundred of Dungleddy situated in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. Walton East is south-west of Llys y Fran and north of Clarbeston Road.-History:...
, constitute the community
Community (Wales)
A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....
of Wiston.
Clarbeston Road railway station
Clarbeston Road railway station
Clarbeston Road railway station serves villages such as Clarbeston Road, Clarbeston, Wiston, Walton East and Crundale in Pembrokeshire, Wales....
and the surrounding settlement and post town
Post town
A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system. Including the correct post town in the address increases the chances of a letter or parcel being delivered on time. Post towns are usually based upon the location of...
of Clarbeston Road lie to the west of the village.
The English placename means "Clarenbald's farm", Clarenbald being a continental Germanic
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
(perhaps Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
) personal name. The Welsh placename is a translation of the English. The parish is close to, or on, the Pembrokeshire language frontier
Landsker Line
The Landsker Line is a term commonly used for the language boundary between the Welsh-speaking and English-speaking areas in southwest Wales. The English-speaking areas, known as Little England beyond Wales, are notable for having been English linguistically and culturally for many centuries...
and has always had a somewhat fluctuating proportion of Welsh speakers.
The parish had an area of 671 ha (1,658.1 acre). Its census
Census in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 and in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in 1921; simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with...
populations were: 180 (1801): 178 (1851): 158 (1901): 114 (1951): 71 (1981)
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 41 (1891): 44 (1931): 27 (1971)