Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire

Historical Description

Lawrenny, a parish in Pembrokeshire, on Milford Haven, 4 miles NNE of Pembroke. It has a post office under Pembroke; money order and telegraph office, Pembroke. Acreage, 2502 of land and 215 of water, including 204 of foreshore; population, 294. Lawrenny Castle, a very fine-mansion, is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; gross value,, £200. The church is considered one of the prettiest in the county.

Administration

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

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 Lawrenny 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