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Clarbeston

Coordinates: 51°51′N 4°50′W / 51.85°N 4.84°W / 51.85; -4.84
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Clarbeston
Parish Church of St Martin
Clarbeston is located in Pembrokeshire
Clarbeston
Clarbeston
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population318 
OS grid referenceSN047212
Community
  • Wiston
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLARBESTON ROAD
Postcode districtSA63
Dialling code01437
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°51′N 4°50′W / 51.85°N 4.84°W / 51.85; -4.84

Clarbeston (Welsh: Treglarbes) is a village and parish[1] in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Haverfordwest. The parish, together with Wiston and Walton East, constitute the community of Wiston. The population was 318 at the 2011 census.[2]

Name

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The English placename means "Clarenbald's farm", Clarenbald being a continental Germanic (perhaps Flemish) personal name.[3] The Welsh placename is a translation of the English.

Location

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Clarbeston Road railway station and the surrounding settlement and post town of Clarbeston Road lie to the west of the village.

Parish

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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 (1,660 acres). 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).

References

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  1. ^ "GENUKI: Clarbeston". Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 406
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