Clarbeston

Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales

"Clarbeston Road" redirects here. For the railway station, see Clarbeston Road railway station.

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Human settlement in Wales

Clarbeston

* Welsh: Treglarbes

Parish Church of St Martin

Clarbeston

Location within Pembrokeshire

Population| 318
OS grid reference| SN047212
Community|

* Wiston

Principal area|

* Pembrokeshire

Preserved county|

* Dyfed

Country| Wales
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| CLARBESTON ROAD
Postcode district| SA63
Dialling code| 01437
Police| Dyfed-Powys
Fire| Mid and West Wales
Ambulance| Welsh
UK Parliament|

* Preseli Pembrokeshire

Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament|

* Preseli Pembrokeshire

List of places

Wales
Pembrokeshire

51°51′N 4°50′W﻿ / ﻿51.85°N 4.84°W﻿ / 51.85; -4.84

Clarbeston (Welsh: Treglarbes) is a village and parish[1] in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 11 km (6.8 mi) east of Haverfordwest. The parish, together with Wiston and Walton East, constitute the community of Wiston. The population was 318 at the 2011 census.[2]

## Name

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The English placename means "Clarenbald's farm", Clarenbald being a continental Germanic (perhaps Flemish) personal name.[3] The Welsh placename is a translation of the English.

## Location

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Clarbeston Road railway station and the surrounding settlement and post town of Clarbeston Road lie to the west of the village.

## Parish

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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

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1. ^ "GENUKI: Clarbeston". Retrieved 2 May 2019.
2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
3. ^ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 406

## External links

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