Camrose, Pembrokeshire

Camrose is a village, parish and community in the historic cantref of Roose in Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales. The community includes the village of Lambston, and the parish includes the villages of Keyston and Wolfsdale. DescriptionCamrose was a civil parish, area 3, 386 Ha. The name is an anglicization of the Welsh Camros, meaning "crooked" or "broken moor". The village contains a substantial Norman motte, which is often referred to as a "Landsker castle" although it lies far to the south (English) side of that 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 parish church is dedicated to the 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint Ismael. and is a grade II* listed building. PopulationThe civil parish had a census population as follows: GovernanceAn electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches west to Roch. The total population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2, 565.

Camrose is a village, parish and community in the historic cantref of Roose in Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales. The community includes the village of Lambston, and the parish includes the villages of Keyston and Wolfsdale. DescriptionCamrose was a civil parish, area 3, 386 Ha. The name is an anglicization of the Welsh Camros, meaning "crooked" or "broken moor". The village contains a substantial Norman motte, which is often referred to as a "Landsker castle" although it lies far to the south (English) side of that 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 parish church is dedicated to the 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint Ismael. and is a grade II* listed building. PopulationThe civil parish had a census population as follows: GovernanceAn electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches west to Roch. The total population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2, 565.