Bletherston

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title: "Bletherston" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-pembrokeshire"] description: "Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales" topic_path: "general/villages-in-pembrokeshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletherston" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales ::

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Field	Value
country	Wales
welsh_name	Trefelen
static_image	St Mary's, Bletherston-geograph.org.uk-3411721.jpg
static_image_width	250px
static_image_caption	St Mary's Church, Bletherston
static_image_alt	double-gable church with belfry, and graveyard in foreground
coordinates
official_name	Bletherston
community_wales	New Moat
unitary_wales	Pembrokeshire
constituency_westminster	Preseli Pembrokeshire
constituency_welsh_assembly	Preseli Pembrokeshire
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Bletherston () is a small settlement and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is in the middle of eastern Pembrokeshire, 6 mi north of Narberth and 8 mi northeast of Haverfordwest. The parish includes the village of Penffordd. Together with the parishes of Llys y Fran and New Moat, it constitutes the community of New Moat.

Name

The English placename appears to mean Bleddri's farm: Bleddri is a Welsh name. The Welsh placename Trefelen means "yellow farm".

Parish history

The church of St Mary, in the centre of the village, is a grade II* listed building, parts of which may be 12th century, but have been added to or altered since.

The parish, which was noted on a map of 1583, is in the north-west portion of the hundred of Dungleddy which George Owen in 1602 placed south of the Pembrokeshire language frontier. However, as part of the church lands to the north of the Afon Syfynwy, Owen said it was bilingual, and in modern times it has been predominantly Welsh-speaking. The percentage of Welsh language speakers was 97 (1891): 85 (1931): 50 (1971).

The parish had an area of 970 Ha.

According to Lewis's Topographical dictionary of 1844, the population was 371. Its census populations were: 235 (1801): 320 (1851): 235 (1901): 132 (1951): 84 (1981).

References

References

1. Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, {{ISBN. 0-907158-58-7, p 400
2. "Church of Saint Mary, New Moat". British Listed Buildings.
3. {{National Historic Assets of Wales
4. "GENUKI: parish map 79: Bletherston".
5. "Penbrok comitat". British Library.
6. "GENUKI: Bletherston".

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