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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Roch contained the following places:

"ROCH, a parish in the hundred of Roose, county Pembroke, 5 miles N.W. of Haverfordwest, its post town, and 10 from St. David's. The village is situated near St. Bride's Bay, and has, on the edge of a rocky ridge extending E. and W., a three-storied Norman tower of the Roches. It was erected in the 13th century by Adam de Rupe, and was garrisoned for Charles I. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's, value £137. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018