Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
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Llangwm is a small picturesque village
and parish
of around 450 properties situated on the River Cleddau
near Haverfordwest
, Pembrokeshire
, Wales
.
It was famous in the past for its shellfish
, and at Hook
, in the north of the parish, large amounts of anthracite used to be mined and shipped. Located in the hundred of Roose
, at the heart of Little England beyond Wales
, it has been English-speaking since the 12th century.
Popular for visitors throughout the year with extensive use of the river and local walks, it is renowned for its festival fortnight, the last week of June first week of July.
It features a parish church
, two Nonconformist chapels, a pub, a primary school, pharmacy, a shop and a rugby club.
Llangwm Rugby Club and cricket
club are active clubs and are consistently placed highly in their respective Pembrokeshire Leagues, the 3rd division being promoted this season and also reaching the cup final.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
and parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of around 450 properties situated on the River Cleddau
River Cleddau
The River Cleddau consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary, which forms the important harbour of Milford Haven....
near Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...
, Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.
It was famous in the past for its shellfish
Shellfish
Shellfish is a culinary and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Although most kinds of shellfish are harvested from saltwater environments, some kinds are found only in freshwater...
, and at Hook
Hook, Pembrokeshire
Hook is a medium-sized village and community on the Western Cleddau, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was part of the community of Llangwm. The population of the community was 656 in 2001. Together with the communities of Freystrop and Llangwm, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Llangwm.It is a...
, in the north of the parish, large amounts of anthracite used to be mined and shipped. Located in the hundred of Roose
Roose (hundred)
The Hundred of Roose was a hundred in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was formed by the Act of Union of 1536 and was essentially identical to the pre-Norman cantref of Rhos. It derives its Welsh name from its position nearly surrounded by water, bounded east by the tidal Western Cleddau, south by Milford...
, at the heart of Little England beyond Wales
Little England beyond Wales
Little England beyond Wales is a name applied to an area of southern Pembrokeshire and southwestern Carmarthenshire in Wales, which has been English in language and culture for many centuries despite its remoteness from the English border...
, it has been English-speaking since the 12th century.
Popular for visitors throughout the year with extensive use of the river and local walks, it is renowned for its festival fortnight, the last week of June first week of July.
It features a parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, two Nonconformist chapels, a pub, a primary school, pharmacy, a shop and a rugby club.
Llangwm Rugby Club and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club are active clubs and are consistently placed highly in their respective Pembrokeshire Leagues, the 3rd division being promoted this season and also reaching the cup final.