Steynton
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"STEYNTON, or STAINTON, a parish in the hundred of RHÔS, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (N.N.E.) from Milford, containing 2984 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the turnpike road from Milford to Haverfordwest, extends to the shore of Milford Haven, by which it is bounded on the south; and Hubberston Pill, an inlet from the haven, is navigable for small craft, at high water, for a considerable distance within its limits. In the southern part of it is situated the borough, market, and seaport town of Milford . . . The parish is about six miles in length from north to south, and from a mile and a half to two miles in breadth from east to west, and is wholly enclosed and in a good state of cultivation. Culm is found within its limits, and a mine which had been worked for many years, for the supply of the neighbourhood, has been reopened on Lord Kensington's estate. . . The church, dedicated to St. Peter, or, as it is stated in the Monasticon, to St. Kewel, and formerly dependent upon Pill priory, is an ancient and venerable structure, with a lofty tower, which, from its elevated situation, is seen from every part of the surrounding country . . . There is a place of worship for Presbyterians. A school is about to be established at a place called Sodston, for children of either sex . . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]
Cemeteries
Monumental Inscriptions for this parish have the LDS Call Number: 1471282
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 - 0464345
- 1851 Census - 0104235
- 1861 Census - 0543243
- 1871 Census - 0850855
- 1881 Census - 1342304
- 1891 Census - 6099643/5
Churches
| St Cewydd & St Peter, Steynton |
| Thornton English Baptist Church, Thornton |
| Tabernacle Chapel, Tiers Cross |
| Dreen Hill Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Dreenhill |
| Hakin Chapel, Steynton |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Steynton area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
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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
Parish entry for Johnston with Steynton from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
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See also the separate Milford Haven page
Church Records
Parish registers: Christenings (1637-1917), Marriages (1637-1970) Banns (1840-75, 1901-91), Burials (1637-1987) at Pem.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1799-1804, 1806-7, 1809-10, 1812-67) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by the LDS - Call Number: 0105209.
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Dyfed FHS have published a series of indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials from Pembrokeshire hundreds for various periods.
Nonconformist Chapels:
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See also the separate Milford Haven page
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for Steynton from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Transcriptions of the complete entries in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales of 1833 for Steynton, and for Milford.
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Genealogy
Skone, Arthur. Thomas Skone, 18th century Surgeon; His rise and election. Dyfed FHS journal, Vol 6/2 Dec 1997.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Steynton has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
There are historical snippets about this parish on Not everyone knows this..
Brown, J., Phillips, J.W., and Warren. F.J. The history of Haverfordwest with that of some Pembrokeshire parishes, Haverfordwest, L. Brigstocke (1914) pp.185-192.
Maps
Parish map (Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SM912100 (Lat/Lon: 51.749649, -5.026717), Steynton which are provided by:
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
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Names, Geographical
Places, villages, farms etc within Steynton 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 Barry Johnson)
- Steynton (104); Annykell, Barleymoor, Barrettshill, Black Bridge, Bolton Hill, Brooksgrove, Buttford, Castle Hall, Castle Pill, Coombs, Denant, Denant Mountain, Dreenhill, Ford (Fm.), Harmeston, Hill Fm., Hill Moor, Milford Haven, Mill School, Pill, Priory, Ratford Bridge, Skerryford, Steynton, Studdolph, (Studdolph) Hall, Thornton, Tiers Cross, Tierson, Venn, Woodson