Ambleston

Ambleston
Ambleston
Ambleston shown within Pembrokeshire
Population 382 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SN0025
Principal area
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
Welsh Assembly

Ambleston (Welsh: Treamlod) is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 7 miles (11 km) north of Haverfordwest. The parish includes the hamlets of Wallis 51°53′44″N 4°53′21″W / 51.89556°N 4.88917°W / 51.89556; -4.88917 and Woodstock (Welsh: Wstog) 51°53′40″N 4°52′36″W / 51.89444°N 4.87667°W / 51.89444; -4.87667.

Name

The placenames, both English and Welsh placenames, mean "Amlot's farm", Amlot being a Norman-French name.[2]

Location and demographics

The northern border of the parish is an ancient trackway leading towards St David's, with a Roman fortlet called "Castell Fflemish". This line is also the northern boundary of the cantref of Daugleddau, and was described by George Owen in 1602 as the language frontier, placing Ambleston in Little England beyond Wales.

Ambleston was one of the parishes Owen described as bilingual, and in modern times it was predominantly Welsh-speaking. The 2011 census showed 34.3% of Ambleston community's population could speak Welsh, a fall from 39.4% in 2001.[3] Historically, the percentage of Welsh speakers was 86 (1891): 79 (1931): 57 (1971).

In 1934, a small part of the parish was transferred to the parish of St Dogwells. The pre-1934 parish had an area of 3,850 acres (1,560 ha). Its census populations were: 421 (1801): 598 (1851): 386 (1901): 358 (1951): 309 (1981).

The community had a population of 367 in 2001 increasing to 382 at the 2011 census.

Governance

With the communities of Spittal and Wiston, it makes up the Pembrokeshire electoral ward of Wiston.

References

  1. ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, pp 395
  3. ↑ "2011 Census results by Community". Welsh Language Commissioner. 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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