Manorowen, Pembrokeshire
Historical Description
Manorowen, a parish in Pembrokeshire, on the coast, 1¼ mile W by S of Fishguard, and 13 miles NW of Clarbeston Road station on the G.W.R. Post town, Fishguard (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1278; population, 150. Manorowen House is the chief residence, and stands near the old seat of Lewis the antiquary. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's, gross value, £66. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church was rebuilt in 1871. There is a Baptist chapel.
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 Manorowen 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: