Clarbeston
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| Clarbeston | |
| Welsh: Treglarbes | |
 Clarbeston
Clarbeston shown within Pembrokeshire |
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| OS grid reference | SN047212 |
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| Community | Wiston |
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Clarbeston Road |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Coordinates: 51°51′N 4°50′W / 51.85°N 4.84°W
Clarbeston (Welsh: Treglarbes) is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Haverfordwest. The parish, together with Wiston and Walton East, constitute the community of Wiston.
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Name[edit]
The English placename means "Clarenbald's farm", Clarenbald being a continental Germanic (perhaps Flemish) personal name.[1] The Welsh placename is a translation of the English.
Location[edit]
Clarbeston Road railway station and the surrounding settlement and post town of Clarbeston Road lie to the west of the village.
Parish[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 406
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