Camrose, Pembrokeshire
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| Camrose | |
| Welsh: Camros | |
  Camrose shown within the United Kingdom |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
| Postcode district | SA62 |
| Dialling code | 01437 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Pembrokeshire | |
Camrose (Welsh: Camros) is a village and parish in the Hundred of Roose (Welsh: Rhos), Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales.
[edit] Description
Camrose[1] was a civil parish, area 3386 Ha.
The parish church of St Ismael is situated in the village, at grid reference 192720,220060.[2]
The name Camrose is an anglicised form of the Welsh name Camros, and means "crooked moor" or "crooked peninsula".[3] The village contains a substantial Norman motte,[4] which is often referred to as a "Landsker castle" although it lies far from the linguistic boundary.
The parish is on the south (English) side of the linguistic boundary. A small area, north of Dudwell Mountain, has been Welsh-speaking in modern times, but was probably English-speaking before the Enclosures at the end of the 18th century.
The civil parish had population as follows:[5]
| Date | 1801 | 1831 | 1861 | 1891 | 1921 | 1951 | 1981 |
| Population | 831 | 1259 | 1126 | 833 | 627 | 690 | 1047 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Genuki on Camrose]
- ^ Use these coordinates in, for example, http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ for maps and aerial photograph.
- ^ Charles, B. G, The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, Vol II, p 575
- ^ Castles of Wales
- ^ OPCS Reports
