Puncheston

Puncheston

Puncheston churchyard and a farmhouse in 2008
Puncheston
Puncheston shown within Pembrokeshire
Population 568 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SN007297
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Clarbeston Road
Postcode district SA63 4
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Puncheston (Welsh: Cas-mael) is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales.

It sits below the mountain known as Castlebythe (English: Cow Castle).

The pirate Bartholomew Roberts, known as 'Black Bart', was born in Casnewydd Bach near Puncheston in 1682.

References

  1. "Community population 2011". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.


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