- Camrose, Pembrokeshire
infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name= Camros
constituency_welsh_assembly=
latitude= 51.8403
longitude= -5.0083
official_name= Camrose
unitary_wales=Pembrokeshire
lieutenancy_wales=Dyfed
constituency_westminster= Preseli Pembrokeshire
post_town= HAVERFORDWEST
postcode_district = SA62
postcode_area= SA
dial_code= 01437
os_grid_reference= SM927201
population=Camrose ( _cy. Camros) is a village and parish in the Hundred of Roose (Welsh: "Rhos"),
Pembrokeshire , south-westWales .Description
Camrose [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Camrose/ Genuki on Camrose] ] was a
civil parish , area 3386 Ha.The parish church of St Ismael is situated in the village, at grid reference 192720,220060. [Use these coordinates in, for example, http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ for maps and aerial photograph.]
The name Camrose is an anglicised form of the Welsh name "Camros", and means "crooked moor" or "crooked peninsula". [Charles, B. G, "The Placenames of Pembrokeshire", National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, Vol II, p 575] The village contains a substantial Norman motte, [ [http://www.castlewales.com/camrose.html Castles of Wales] ] which is often referred to as a "Landsker castle" although it lies far from the linguistic boundary.
The parish is on the south (English) side of the linguistic boundary. A small area, north of Dudwell Mountain, has been Welsh-speaking in modern times, but was probably English-speaking before the Enclosures at the end of the 18th century.
The civil parish had population as follows: [OPCS Reports]
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