Hayscastle
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| Population | 465 (2011)[1] |
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| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Haverfordwest |
| Postcode district | SA62 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
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Coordinates: 51°53′11″N 5°02′05″W / 51.886261°N 5.034736°W
Hayscastle or Hays-Castle (Welsh: Cas-lai) is a village and community of Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Historically it was located in the union of Haverfordwest, in the Hundred of Dewisland. It is located 7½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Haverfordwest; it had 366 inhabitants in 1841.[2] The principal road is the B4330 road. This rural parish, which is of considerable extent, is recorded as having been for the greater part inclosed and in a good state of cultivation. The largest village is Haycastle Cross; Haycastle itself to the northwest is no larger than a hamlet, the parish also includes the settlements of Brimaston and Ford.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales recorded a parish population of 297 and 62 houses and stated that it covered an area of 4,462 acres.[3]
Hays Castle Motte was a Norman castle located in the area.[4] It lay on a mound, oval in plan and still stands around 20 feet high on one side. Little remains of the castle today.[5] The church is dedicated to St. Mary; and at the small village of Ford, in the parish, is a chapel of ease.[2] St. Mary's is a church of medieval origin, but little remains from that period except the 13th-century font.[6] Repairs were made to the church by D. F. Ingleton in 1927-8.[4] There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists; and two or three Sunday schools which were supported by the dissenters. Noddfa Newton Chapel was built in 1862 and rebuilt in 1924. It is described as having an "old-fashioned stone gable front with a centre arch and arched windows."[4] Several tumuli were formerly discernible, but they have been nearly levelled.[2] RAF Hayscastle Cross Chain Home was situated here during the Second World War.[7]
Culture
The village has a History and Environment Society, Women's Institute, Neighbourhood Watch and Young Farmers' Club. Since 1954, the Hayscastle Show, an horticultural show, has been held each August. In 1969, a separate committee was formed to organise pony classes which are now also a feature of the show.[8] Hayscastle fishery with a small lake lies between the villages of Hayscastle Cross and Hayscastle.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849)
- ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 Lewis, Samuel (1849). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Lewis and Co. pp. 411–18. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hayscastle Pembrokeshire". Vision of Britain.org.uk. Retrieved 17 Jun 2012.
- 1 2 3 Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (11 March 2004). Pembrokeshire. Yale University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-300-10178-2. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hays Castle Motte". Castleswales.com. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "St. Mary’s Church". Hayscastle.com. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Site Name: RAF Hayscastle Cross – West Coast Chain Home and West Coast Readiness ROTOR Radar Station". Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Hayscastle Show". Hayscastle.com. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
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