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JOHNSTON, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on the South Wales railway, 4¾ miles S by W of Haverfordwest. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Haverfordwest. Acres, 1, 293. Real property, £1, 026; of which £100 are in mines, and £60 in quarries. Pop., 275. Houses, 66. Johnston Hall was formerly the seat of Lord Kensington, and is now the property of the Rev. James Morgan. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Steynton, in the diocese of St. Davids-Value, £322. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Johnston Parish Haverfordwest Poor Law Union/Registration District Pembrokeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Johnston |
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