Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
MILFORD a town, a chapelry, and a sub-district Imperial
Milford Haven parlimentary borough and seaport Bartholomew
Milford Haven a vast inlet of the sea Bartholomew
MILFORD HAVEN the estuary of the river Cleddau Imperial
Milford, (or Milford Haven) parliamentary borough Bartholomew

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 Milford Haven 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.
William Camden Rest of Wales 3
William Camden Dorset and Somerset 2
Daniel Defoe Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales 2
Arthur Young 1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands 2
Arthur Young 11th to 19th October 1776: Tipperary and Waterford 2
Arthur Young Appendix, Itinerary 2
George Borrow Neath and Merthyr 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 3, Part 3: From Exeter to Land's End 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 13, Part 2: Dundee, Aberdeen and the Highlands 1
Arthur Young 11th to 20th July 1776: Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 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
Hakin 0 2
Pill 0 2
Hubberston 2 2
Newton 0 2
Waterston 0 3
Herbrandston 0 2
Robeston West 0 2
Llanstadwel 0 2
Pwllcrochon 0 2
Steynton 0 3
Rhoscrowdder 0 2
Roose 0 2
Angle 1 2
Rosemarket 0 3
Walwyns Castle 0 2
Neyland 0 4
Johnston 0 2
Silverhill 0 2
Hasguard 0 2
Pembroke Dock 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

Name Author Source
ABRDUGLELDIAU William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
MILFORD 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).
Arthur Young A Tour in Ireland, made in the years 1776, 1777, and 1778 (London: T. Cadell, 1780).
MILFORD HAVEN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
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).
MILFORD OR MILFORD HAVEN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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.