Rhoscrowther

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Rhoscrowther church

Rhoscrowther (Welsh: Rhoscrowdder) is a village and former civil parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west of Pembroke, near the south shore of Milford Haven. It is part of the community of Hundleton.

The placename is Welsh and perhaps means "crwth-player's moor".[1]

The church is a very early Christian site and was dedicated to Saint Decuman, whence the settlement's original name Llandegeman or Llandegman. It was the "bishop-house" of the cantref of Penfro and one of the seven principal churches in Dyfed under medieval Welsh law.[2] The parish was taken during the Norman invasion of Wales and, as a part of Little England beyond Wales, has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.

Much of the parish and almost all the medieval village except the church was cleared during the establishment of the BP oil terminal immediately south of the village in 1961 and during the construction of the Texaco refinery immediately to the north three years later. A major explosion occurred at the refinery on 2 June 2011, killing four people.[3]

Census populations of the parish: 219 (1801): 201 (1851): 113 (1901): 131 (1951): 176 (1981)

References

  1. ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 712
  2. ↑ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Medieval Welsh Law, p. 263.
  3. ↑ CNN International: Official: Explosion at Chevron refinery in UK kills 4

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Coordinates: 51°40′45.7″N 5°1′59.7″W / 51.679361°N 5.033250°W / 51.679361; -5.033250

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