Amroth, Pembrokeshire
Historical Description
Amroth, a village and a parish in Pembrokeshire. The parish lies on Carmarthen Bay, 6 miles SE of Narberth, and 3 from Kilgetty station on the Pembroke and Tenby railway. It has a post office under Begelley (R.S.O.); money order office, Stepaside; telegraph office, Saundersfoot. Acreage, 2690, of which 209 are water; population, 731. Coal is worked, and fishing is carried on. Amroth Castle, delightfully situated on the coast, was formerly a grand feudal residence, and is now a fine modern mansion. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; net value, £150. The church, about a mile from the village, is Early English, and has a curiously formed tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Pembrokeshire | |
Archdeaconry | St. Davids | |
County Court district | Narberth | |
Diocese | St. Davids | |
Hundred | Narberth | |
Petty-Sessional Division | Narberth | |
Poor Law union | Narberth | |
Registration district | Narberth | 1837 - 1973 |
Registration district | Haverfordwest | 1973 - 1974 |
Rural Deanery | Narberth |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1759, burials 1786, marriages 1754.
The register of baptisms dates from the year 1759, burials 1786, marriages 1754.
Churches
Church of England
St. Elidyr (parish church)
The church of St. Elidyr is an ancient building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, with north chapel, belonging to the Biddulph family, nave, south porch, south transept, and a lofty embattled tower of Norman date, on the north side, containing 3 bells, the lower stage forms a north transept; the nave is vaulted; the north chapel has sedilia and contains some fine monuments to the Biddulph family; several of the windows are stained, and there are 400 sittings. In the churchyard is a fine ancient cross.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Amroth from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Pembrokeshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Amroth 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: