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LETTERSTON, a village and a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke. The village stands on a branch of the river Cleddan 7 miles NW by N of ClarbestonRoad r. station, and 9 N by W of Haverfordwest; and has a post office under Haverfordwest. The parish comprises 2,216 acres. Real property, £1,440. Pop., 511. Houses, 120. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Lettards. Heathfield Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Llanfair-Naut-y-Gof, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £387.,* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and contains an effigies of a Lettard.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Letterston Parish Haverfordwest Poor Law Union/Registration District Pembrokeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Letterston |
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