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Walton East

Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales

Summary

Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales

FieldValue
countryWales
welsh_nameWaltwn
static_imageParish_Church,_Walton_East_-_geograph.org.uk_-_704987.jpg
static_image_captionSt Mary's Church
coordinates
official_nameWalton East
unitary_walesPembrokeshire
lieutenancy_walesDyfed
constituency_westminsterPreseli Pembrokeshire
post_townCLARBESTON ROAD
postcode_districtSA63
postcode_areaSA
dial_code01437
os_grid_referenceSN020236
population250
population_ref+

Walton East () is a small rural village and parish established around a church at least as early as Norman times. It is 2 mi southwest of Llys y Fran and 1+1/2 mi north of Clarbeston Road and in Wiston community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

History

Walton East, in the 12th century, was part of the possessions of the commandery of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem at Slebech, given by its Norman owner, Walter de Wale, thus its name: "Wale's town", or Walton.

It is marked as just Walton on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. Until the 16th century, the parish was in the hundred of Dungleddy in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales. Owen in 1602 placed it on the English side of the language boundary, but by the 19th and 20th centuries it was a mainly Welsh-speaking community. In the 1870s, the parish extended to 1893 acre with a population of 223 in 40 houses. In 1875, a Welsh Calvinist Methodist Chapel was built in the village.

In the southwest of the parish is Penty Park, former home of members of the Philipps family; there are two listed buildings in the park. Estate records from 1590 to 1916 are held by the National Library of Wales. A pre-1850 parish map shows little settlement outside Walton East village, but shows Walton West a short distance away. In the 1830s there were some 230 inhabitants. The population declined steadily over the next 150 years to 150 in 1961.

A map made at the turn of the 20th century shows several farms butting up to the village, several other dwellings and a smithy, as well as church and chapel, and several springs.

Parish church

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, has no tower or spire. The present church was built 1849 to 1852, and the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (RCAHMW) describes the church:

The parish is now one of 13 in the present combined parish of Daugleddau, in the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids.

Notes

References

  1. B G Charles, ''Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', NLoW, 1992, p 454
  2. "GENUKI: Walton East".
  3. "Penbrok comitat". British Library.
  4. {{Coflein
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  6. "British Listed Buildings: Penty Park".
  7. "NLW: Penty Park Estate Records".
  8. "GENUKI Parish map 52".
  9. "GB Historical GIS: University of Portsmouth: Walton East CP/AP Statistics". A Vision of Britain through Time.
  10. "RCAHMW: Walton East".
  11. T.Lloyd, J.Orbach & R.Scourfield. (2004). "Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire".
  12. {{Coflein
  13. "Diocese of St Davids: Daugleddau Parish".
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