Coedcanlas
| Coedcanlas | |
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 Coedcanlas farm cottages, 2009 | |
  Coedcanlas Location within Pembrokeshire | |
| OS grid reference | SN008088 |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament |
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Coedcanlas is a small parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the eastern shore of the Daugleddau estuary, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Pembroke, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Together with the parishes of Martletwy, Minwear, Newton North and Lawrenny, it constitutes the community of Martletwy.
Name[]
The placename is a Welsh placename and means "Cynlas's wood", Cynlas being a Welsh personal name.[1] It appears on a 1578 map as "Coidkenles", presumably an English phonetic rendition.[2]
History[]
It was once important for export of limestone, which was quarried extensively, but today it consists only of a few farms. In the 1840s, the parish[3] had 169 inhabitants.[4] Its census populations were: 152 (1801): 167 (1851): 85 (1901): 69 (1951): 32 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 11 (1891): 3 (1931): 0 (1971). Part of Little England beyond Wales, it has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.
The parish church of St Mary, which may have had pre-Conquest origins, was "in decay" in the 17th century, was rebuilt in the 18th century, and is now a ruin again.[5] The parish had an area of 341 hectares (840 acres).
References[]
- ^ Charles, B. G. (1992). The Placenames of Pembrokeshire. National Library of Wales. p. 484. ISBN 0-907158-58-7.
- ^ "Penbrok comitat". British Library. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "GENUKI: parish map 109: Coedcanlas". Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "GENUKI: Coedcanlas". Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "St Mary's Church, Coedcanlas (300854)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
External links[]
- Villages in Pembrokeshire
- Martletwy