Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MANOROWEN

MANOROWEN, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on the coast, 1 mile W by S of Fishguard, and 13 NW of Clarbeston-Road r. station. Post town, Fishguard, under Haverfordwest. Acres, 1,263. Real property, £971. Pop., 186. Houses, 36. The property is much subdivided. Manorowen House is the seat of the Bowens, and stands near the old seat of Lewis, the antiquary. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £86. Patrons, the Subchanter and Vicars Choral of St. David's. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Marnawan AP/CP       Haverfordwest RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place: Marnawan

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