Wiston, Pembrokeshire
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Wiston (Welsh: Cas-Wis) is a village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the United Kingdom. It was once a marcher borough. Owen, in 1603, described it as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay"[1]. It continued as a constituent parliamentary borough until the end of the 19th century.
It is overlooked by Wiston Castle.
[edit] References
- ^ Owen, George, The Description of Penbrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
[edit] External links
- GENUKI(tm) page
- Map sources for Wiston, Pembrokeshire