Henry's Moat Explained

Country:Wales
Static Image:The church, Henry's Moat NLW3362044.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Brynach's Church, about 1885
Coordinates:51.913°N -4.846°W
Official Name:Henry’s Moat
Welsh Name:Castell Hendre
Community Wales:Puncheston
Unitary Wales:Pembrokeshire
Constituency Westminster:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Post Town:Clarbeston Road
Postcode District:SA63
Postcode Area:SA
Os Grid Reference:SN044276

Henry's Moat is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Puncheston. It is 7miles southeast of Fishguard and 9miles northeast of Haverfordwest. The nearest railway station is Clarbeston Road 5miles to the south. It was in the ancient Hundred of Cemais.

Name

The parish's Welsh name was Castell Hên-drêv (or Hendre), Anglicised by early English settlers to its present form. It derives from an ancient tumulus surrounded by a moat. It appears as Castel henrye on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.[1]

History

In 1833 the population of the parish was 282.[2] It includes the hamlet of Tufton on the nearby B4329 Cardigan to Haverfordwest turnpike.[3]

Church

The parish church is dedicated to St Brynach (English: St Bernard).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penbrok comitat. British Library. 22 July 2024. 27 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183108/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001map00000c7c1u00035000.html. dead.
  2. Web site: GENUKI: Henry’s Moat. 25 April 2015.
  3. Web site: GENUKI: Parish maps. 25 April 2015.