Mathry
Sign in to saveMathry () is a village, community and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The hilltop village is southwest of Fishguard, close to the A487 road between Fishguard and St David's.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mathry
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- The General Stores, Mathry - geograph.org.uk - 305388.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The General Stores in Mathry in 2007
- UK place.official_name
- Mathry
- UK place.community_wales
- Mathry
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Pembrokeshire
- UK place.population
- 572
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- UK place.post_town
- Haverfordwest
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA62
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Mathri
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Pembrokeshire
- Population
- +509
- Area
- +2970.47
- Official website
- www.pembstcc.co.uk/mathry-community-council
- Image
- The General Stores, Mathry - geograph.org.uk - 305388.jpg
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Mathry () is a village, community and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The hilltop village is southwest of Fishguard, close to the A487 road between Fishguard and St David's.
==History== Mathry (formerly Mathrey or Merthyr) meaning "martyr" in English, was in the hundred of Dewisland. A weekly market and annual fair were granted by letters patent in the reign of Edward III. The market had ceased by 1833 but the fair, on 10 October, still continued. Originally on the turnpike between Fishguard and St David's, it is now just north of the modern A487. There were 860 inhabitants in the parish in the early 1800s and a school for poor children was subsidised by Sir John Owen to the tune of £10 a year. The parish, prior to 1850, was one of scattered settlements, with slate quarrying employing local people.