Uzmaston

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Uzmaston
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Uzmaston
Uzmaston is located in Pembrokeshire
Uzmaston
Uzmaston
Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid referenceSM969144
Community
  • Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°47′N 4°57′W / 51.79°N 4.95°W / 51.79; -4.95Coordinates: 51°47′N 4°57′W / 51.79°N 4.95°W / 51.79; -4.95

Uzmaston is a small parish[1] in Pembrokeshire, Wales, about 2 kilometres south-east of Haverfordwest. The village, to the northwest of Boulston, forms part of the community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech, and lies near the bank of the Western Cleddau.[2][3] It contains the Grade II listed St. Ismael's Parish Church which has existed since at least 1230, and was extensively rebuilt in 1870-73 and restored in the 1990s.

History[]

Historically, Uzmaston and the surrounding parish belonged to the Hundred of Dungleddy.[2] Its name is a compound word meaning "Osmund's farm".[4] In 1993, five Roman coins were unearthed behind the church at Uzmaston.[5] At the time of the 1851 census, Uzmaston belonged to a parish comprishing an area of 2,070 acres with a population of 683 people, 307 male and 376 female.[6]

Landmarks[]

St. Ismael's Church

Its parish church is dedicated to the 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint Isfael. In 1230 it was granted to Wizo the Fleming. It was extensively rebuilt in 1870-73 and renovated in 1991–92. It was further restored in 1999[7] by Hereford architect Lingen Barker.[8] It became a Grade II listed building on 16 July 2004.[9] There is a house on the edge of Uzmaston along the lane from Boulston named "The Cottage".[3] There are the ruins of a cottage between the main lane and the Cleddau, just to the southwest of the village.[10]

Land[]

Samuel Lewis, writing in his A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, stated that Uzmaston "comprises a moderate extent of enclosed and cultivated land: the soil is generally fertile, and the inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. The western part of it, containing the straggling extemity of a suburb of Haverfordwest, called Cartlett, is included within the new electoral limits of that borough.[2]

Geologically, the area is known for the yellow-grey[11] Uzmaston Beds, dated to the Silurian period,[12] which are unfossiliferous in the lower parts.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Uzmaston". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Lewis, Samuel (1840). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales. p. 480.
  3. ^ a b Google (3 September 2019). "Uzmaston" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ^ Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198527589.
  5. ^ Peter Guest, Nicholas Wells, Nick Wells (2007). Iron age and Roman coins from Wales. Moneta. ISBN 9789077297346.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  6. ^ The Religious Census of 1851, a Calendar of the Returns Relating to Wales: South Wales. General Register Office, University of Wales Press. 1976. p. 425. ISBN 9780708306192.
  7. ^ "St Ismael's Church, Uzmaston (414797)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  8. ^ Thornhill Timmins, H. (4 April 2018). Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire. BOD. p. 185. ISBN 9783732631896.
  9. ^ "Church of Saint Ismael". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Ruined cottage near Uzmaston". Geograph. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  11. ^ Proceedings. Geologist's Association. 1972. p. 151.
  12. ^ Europe. Centre national de la recherche scientifique. 1956. p. 248.
  13. ^ Special Papers, Issues 152-156. Geological Society of America. 1974. p. 70. ISBN 9780813721521.

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