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Coedcanlass

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"COEDCANLAIS (COEDCANLASS), a parish in the hundred of NARBERTH, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (S.E. by S.) from Haverfordwest, containing 169 inhabitants. This small parish is situated on the eastern bank of Milford Haven, from which there is a ferry to Llangwm, on the opposite shore, and is five miles distant from Pembroke, across the ferry at Lawrenny. The substratum of the soil is a fine limestone rock, which is quarried to a considerable extent. The living is a donative, annexed to the vicarage of Martletwy: the stipend of the minister is not more than £2. 2. per annum, which is paid by Sir John Owen, Bart. The church is a small picturesque building of great antiquity, repaired a few years ago, at the expense of Sir John Owen. Divine service is only occasionally performed in it, but burials generally, the remaining ecclesiastical rites being celebrated at Martletwy. Here are the ruins of an ancient mansion, which bore the same name as the parish, and belonged to the family of Percival. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £9.15." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]

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Census

The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.

Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:

  • 1841 Census - 0464344
  • 1851 Census - 0104232
  • 1861 Census - 0543242
  • 1871 Census - 0850851
  • 1881 Census - 1342302
  • 1891 Census - 6099635
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Church History

Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants

  • No return for Parish Church

Parish entry for Begelly with East Williamston and Coedcenlas from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

  • St Parish Church & Chapel of Ease (East Williamston) & (Church in ruins, Caedcenlas)
  • Incumbent and Curates; H Phillips
  • Rural Deanery of Narberth
  • Acreage 2,533 & 1,454; Population 828 & 87
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    Church Records

    A small ancient parish, its church was rebuilt 1718 after being a ruin for half a century, and was again a ruin by the 1920s. The Parish Registers are included in the parishes of Marletwy and Lawrenny

    There are no separate Bishop's Transcripts

    Nonconformist Chapels: None found

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    Description & Travel

    You can see pictures of Coedcanlass which are provided by:

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    Gazetteers

    The transcription of the section for Coedcanlas from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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    History

    Davies, Robert Llewellyn. A river never sleeps : a local history of Martletwy, Minwear, Newton &, Coedcanlas 1750-1950 .Landshipping, Martletwy & Newton Millennium Committee?, c1999. 436 p., index.
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    Maps

    Parish map (Kain/Oliver)

    You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN014094 (Lat/Lon: 51.747916, -4.878531), Coedcanlass which are provided by:

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    Names, Geographical

    Places, villages, farms etc within Coedcanlas parish as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Barry Johnson)

    • Coedcanlas (109); Broadleys, Coedcanlas Fm., Woodhouse.