Johnston, Pembrokeshire
Historical Description
Johnston, a parish in Pembrokeshire, 4 miles S by W of Haverfordwest. It has a station on the G.W.R., and a post office under Haverfordwest; money order and telegraph office, Haverfordwest. Acreage, 1295; population of the civil parish, 226; of the ecclesiastical parish, with Steynton, 4033. John-ston Hall was formerly the seat of Lord Kensington. The living is a rectory united with the vicarage of Steynton, in the diocese of St David's; net value, £298 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Registration district | Haverfordwest | 1837 - 1974 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Pembrokeshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Johnston are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: