Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire

Historical Description

Lampeter Velfrey, a parish in Pembrokeshire, 3 miles E of Narberth. It has a post office under Narberth; money order and telegraph office, Narberth. Acreage, 5788; population, 960. At Tavernspite, a hamlet 3 miles from Whit-land, there was a hospice connected with Whitland Abbey, whence the name Tabema Hospitii or Tavernspite. Near the farms of Blaengwyddo is the famous Roman encampment of Castell Meherin. A valuable ridge of limestone runs through part of the parish, and there are some lime kilns. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; net value, £375 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church is good and contains some monuments.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Pembrokeshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Lampeter Velfrey 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:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail