Camrose, Pembrokeshire
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| Camrose | ||
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| Statistics | ||
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| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for SM927201 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Pembrokeshire | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | Dyfed-Powys Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Dyfed | |
| Historic county: | Pembrokeshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | HAVERFORDWEST | |
| Postal district: | SA62 | |
| Dialling code: | 01437 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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Camrose (Welsh Camrhôs) is a village and parish in the Hundred of Roose (Welsh Rhôs), Pembrokeshire, Wales.
[edit] Description
Camrose[1] was a civil parish, area 3386 Ha.
The parish church of St Ismael is situated in the village, at grid reference 192720,220060[2].
The name Camrose is an anglicised form of the Welsh name, and means "crooked moor" or "crooked peninsula"[3]. The village contains a substantial Norman motte[4], which is often referred to as a "Landsker castle" although it lies far from the linguistic boundary.
The parish is on the south (English) side of the linguistic boundary. A small area, north of Dudwell Mountain, has been Welsh-speaking in modern times, but was probably english-speaking before the Enclosures at the end of the 18th century.
The civil parish had population as follows[5]:
| Date | 1801 | 1831 | 1861 | 1891 | 1921 | 1951 | 1981 |
| Population | 831 | 1259 | 1126 | 833 | 627 | 690 | 1047 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Camrose/
- ^ Use these coordinates in, for example, http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ for maps and aerial photograph.
- ^ Charles, B. G, The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, Vol II, p 575
- ^ www.castlewales.com/camrose.html
- ^ OPCS Reports
