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NOLTON, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on St. Bride's bay, 6 miles W by N of Haverfordwest r. station. It contains the village of Drewson and the harbour of Nolton-Haven; and its post town is Haverfordwest. Acres, 1, 504. Real property, £1,029. Pop., 20 5. Houses, 40. Nolton-Haven is a sub-port to Pembroke, and exports large quantities of culm. An excellent kind of stone abounds on the shore, and is quarried. An enclosure, called Druidston Chapel, is at Drewson, a name corrupted from Druidstown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £154.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. There is an endowed school with £38 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Nolton CP/AP Haverfordwest RegD/PLU Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place: | Nolton |
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