Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire

Whitchurch
Whitchurch
Whitchurch shown within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference SM799255
Community
  • Solva
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales

Whitchurch (Welsh: Tregroes, lit. "Town of the Cross") is a small village and civil parish (Plwy'r Groes, lit. "Parish of the Cross") in north-western Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

Description

Whitchurch, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the coast and 5 km (3.1 mi) east of St David's, includes the parish church (also dedicated to Saint David[1]) but only a few houses. The main settlement in the parish is Solva, whose own church is dedicated to St Aidan.[1] The parish of Whitchurch, together with St Elvis, make up the community of Solva.

History

By the churchyard gate is a standing stone called Maen Dewi, believed to be the lower part of a large Celtic cross.

The farm of Caerforiog, Whitchurch, is claimed as the birthplace of Adam Houghton, a 14th-century Lord Chancellor of England. In 1856, a small building survived at Caerforiog with an ogee-headed doorway, possibly dating from the 14th century.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 GENUKI. "Whitchurch (Tre-groes)".
  2. ↑ W. B. Jones & E. A. Freeman, The history and antiquities of Saint David's (1856), p. 232


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