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DINAS, a parish in the district of Cardigan and county of Pembroke; on the coast, 4 miles NE of Fishguard, and 14 N of Clarbeston Road r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Dinas Cross, under Haverfordwest. Acres, 2, 328. Real property, £1, 704. Pop., 820. Houses, 224. The surface is peninsular, between Newport bay and Fishguard bay; and terminates sea-ward in Dinas Head. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David. Value, £136.* Patron, Thomas Lloyd, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1862; and is in the early decorated English style. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
(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: | Dinas Parish Cardiganshire Ancient County Pembrokeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Dinas |
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