Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Haverfordwest. You may be able to find further references to Haverfordwest in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Haverfordwest parliamentary and municipal borough Bartholomew
HAVERFORDWEST a town, three parishes, a subdistrict, and a district Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Haverfordwest within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 11: Haverford West 3
William Camden Rest of Wales 3
Daniel Defoe Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales 3
John Wesley 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days 2
Arthur Young 1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands 2
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 10: Carmarthen 1
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 13: Camros and Newgale 1
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 1: Saint David's 1
John Wesley 1771-3: Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; Preaches to 30,000 People 1
John Wesley 1781-4: An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland; Scotland 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Furzy Park 0 2
Cartlett 0 2
Haroldston St Issell 0 2
Portfield Gate 0 1
Prendergast 0 2
Uzmaston 0 3
Pelcomb 0 2
Freystrop 0 2
Lambston 0 2
Johnston 0 2
Boulston 0 2
Roose 0 2
Rudbaxton 0 2
Camros 1 2
Steynton 0 3
Keston 0 2
Llangwm 0 2
Rosemarket 0 3
Haroldston West 0 2
Druidston 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Haverfordwest. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
HARFORD John Wesley The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000).
HARFORD WEST William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
HAVERFORD William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
Daniel Defoe A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies (London: JM Dent and Co, 1927).
Gerald of Wales The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales (Oxford, Mississippi, 1997).
John Wesley The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000).
Arthur Young Tours in England and Wales, selected from the Annals of Agriculture (London: London School of Economics, 1932).
HAVERFORD WEST Daniel Defoe A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies (London: JM Dent and Co, 1927).
Arthur Young Tours in England and Wales, selected from the Annals of Agriculture (London: London School of Economics, 1932).
HAVERFORDWEST John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HULPHORD William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
HWLLFORDD John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.