Herbrandston
Sign in to saveHerbrandston is a village, parish and community on the north side of the River Cleddau, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is located to the west of Milford Haven and Hakin and east of St Ishmael's. Before 1960 and the building of the ESSO oil refinery, the village only had a population of 200; as infrastructure grew, so did the population. The size of the village increased within a matter of years, as housing estates associated with the refinery were built. The village has a population of 397, 15 per cent of which is Welsh-speaking.
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- Locality
- Herbrandston
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image
- 220px|High Street and Town Hall
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View of St. Mary's church, Herbrandston
- UK place.official_name
- Herbrandston
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Pembrokeshire
- UK place.population
- 397
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- MILFORD HAVEN
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA73
- UK place.postcode_area
- SA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01646
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SM899061
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Herbrandston
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Pembrokeshire
- Population
- 397
- Shares border with
- Walwyn's Castle
- Official website
- www.herbrandston.com
- Image
- St. Mary's church, Herbrandston - geograph.org.uk - 1026011.jpg
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- Commons category
- Herbrandston
- OS grid reference
- SM899061
- located in protected area
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- P8168
- Requiem
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Church
- Thankful village
- References
- External links
Herbrandston is a village, parish and community on the north side of the River Cleddau, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is located to the west of Milford Haven and Hakin and east of St Ishmael's. Before 1960 and the building of the ESSO oil refinery, the village only had a population of 200; as infrastructure grew, so did the population. The size of the village increased within a matter of years, as housing estates associated with the refinery were built. The village has a population of 397, 15 per cent of which is Welsh-speaking.
==History== Herbrandston's name derives from a Norman or Flemish settler in Pembrokeshire, named Herbrand, who, soon after the Norman Conquest, settled here. It was part of the historical hundred of Roose.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herbrandston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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