Llanrhian
Sign in to saveLlanrhian is a small village, community and parish in Pembrokeshire in west Wales, near the coast, south of Porthgain village. The community of Llanrhian includes the settlements of Llanhowell (), Croesgoch, Portheiddy, Porthgain and Trefin. The village church is St Rhian’s and is of medieval origin. The village is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image
- Llanharian church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Rhian's church.
- UK place.official_name
- Llanrhian
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Pembrokeshire
- UK place.community_wales
- Llanrhian
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ceredigion Preseli
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- UK place.population
- 892
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Haverfordwest
- UK place.postcode_district
- SA62
- UK place.postcode_area
- SA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01348
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SM8131
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Notable buildings
- Governance
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Llanrhian is a small village, community and parish in Pembrokeshire in west Wales, near the coast, south of Porthgain village. The community of Llanrhian includes the settlements of Llanhowell (), Croesgoch, Portheiddy, Porthgain and Trefin. The village church is St Rhian’s and is of medieval origin. The village is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
==History== Originally part of the Cantref of Pebediog (later Dewisland Hundred) granted in perpetuity to the Bishops of St Davids in 1082, the manors of Llanrhian, Castle Morris and Priskilly were, prior to 1175, granted to Maurice Fitzgerald by his brother, David Fitzgerald, second Norman approved Bishop of St Davids.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llanrhian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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