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STACKPOLE ELIDOR

Parish based sketch map of the hundred

"STACKPOOL-ELIDUR, a parish in the hundred of CASTLEMARTIN, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 3 1/2 miles (S.) from Pembroke, containing 348 inhabitants. The name of this place is derived from the Stack rock at the mouth of the Broad Haven, at the head of which it is situated, in the Bristol channel; and its adjunct from St. Elidur, to whom the original foundation of its church is attributed. The parish comprises an extensive tract of good arable and pasture land, in a high state of cultivation; and the scenery, enriched with the beautiful grounds and extensive plantations surrounding the mansion of Stackpool Court, is finely diversified and strikingly picturesque. . . The church, dedicated to St. Elidur, or, according to some authorities, to St. James, is an ancient structure, containing several monuments to different members of the family of Stackpool Court. . . A school, for the gratuitous instruction of all the poor children of this and the adjoining parishes of St. Petrox and Bosheston, is supported by Earl Cawdor. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]

• Census
• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Directories
• Land and Property
• Maps

Census

The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.

Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:

• 1841 Census - 0464342
• 1851 Census - 0104234
• 1861 Census - 0543243
• 1871 Census - 0850854
• 1881 Census - 1342304
• 1891 Census - 6099641

Church History

See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph

Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by   I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP,   Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants

• Stackpole Elidor Parish Church                                F Geo Leach, Rector

Parish entry for St Petrox with Stackpole Elidor (otherwise Cheriton) from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

• St Pedrog
• &
• SS James and Elidyr (Stackpole Elidor)
• Incumbent and Curates; E T Roderick
• Rural Deanery of Castlemartin
• Acreage  1,000 & 2,988 ; Population 318 (St Pedrog)

Davies, D. B. G. A brief history and description of the Parish Church of St. James and St. Elidyr, Stackpole Elidor [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978. 10cm ; 26cm

Church Records

Parish registers: Christenings (1724-1930), Marriages (1724-1968), Burials (1724-1992) at NLW

Mf copies C (1724-1812), M (1724-1837) B (1724-1983) at Pem.RO

Copy ts PR/BT M pre 1813 with index at NLW and Pem.RO

Copy ts PR CMB (1724-1991) arranged alphabetically at NLW and Pem.RO

Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1685-6, 1799-1802, 1804-37, 1839-43, 1845-74, 1878-96) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS - Call Number: 0105210.

Indexes to the Parish Registers of the Stackpole group of parishes - Stackpole Elidor, St. Petrox, Bosherston and St. Twynnells

See Bap/Mar/Bur data on  FreeReg

Nonconformist Chapels: None found

Dyfed FHS have published a series of indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials from Pembrokeshire hundreds for various periods.

Description and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Stackpole Elidor parish  as shown on the online parish map from the CD of   Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.).  (Extracted by John Richards)

• Stackpole (161); Barafundle Bay, Bottoms, Greenala Point, Marledge, Mowingword, Rowston, Saddle Point, Stackpole Court, Stackpole Elidor, Stackpole Head, Stackpole Warren, The Downs, Trewent

Stackpole  A Data Wales site

Directories

Transcript of complete entry in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales of 1833.

Land and Property

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Lort muniments  [13th century]-1754    "The earliest known owner of the Stackpole Court estate was Sir Leonard de Stackpole, a crusader. The estate passed into the hands of the Vernon family of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, who left the family steward, George Lort, who came from Staffordshire, in charge of the Stackpole estate. He purchased the estate in the mid-16th century......"

Maps

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[Gareth Hicks: 31 Dec 2012]

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