In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Letterston like this:
LETTERSTON, a village and a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke. The village stands on a branch of the river Cleddan 7 miles NW by N of ClarbestonRoad r. station, and 9 N by W of Haverfordwest; and has a post office under Haverfordwest. The parish comprises 2,216 acres. Real property, £1,440. ...
Pop., 511. Houses, 120. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Lettards. Heathfield Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Llanfair-Naut-y-Gof, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £387.,* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and contains an effigies of a Lettard.
Letterston through time
Letterston is now part of Pembrokeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Pembrokeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Letterston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Letterston in Pembrokeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5366
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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