Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALWINS-CASTLE

WALWINS-CASTLE, a parish, with Silverhill village, in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; 7 miles SW of Haverfordwest r. station. Post town, Haverfordwest. Acres, 2,904. Real property, £2,874. Pop., 350. Houses, 63. The property is much subdivided. An ancient castle was here, and has left some traces. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £270.* Patron, not reported. The church is tolerable.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with Silverhill village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Walwyns Castle Parish       Haverfordwest Poor Law Union/Registration District       Pembrokeshire Ancient County
Place: Walwyns Castle

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