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[[Image:Maiden wells.jpg|thumb|320px|Maidenwells, [[Pembrokeshire]]]] |
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'''Maidenwells''' is a small village located 1.6 miles south of [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]] in [[Pembrokeshire]]. The earliest reference to Maidenwells is 'Mayden Welle' in [[1336]]. The population is currently around 300. |
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Maidenwells gets its name from the natural well in the centre of the village. It was thought to have been visited by maidens in connection with a fertility rite. The well still exists, but is located on private property and is somewhat overgrown. |
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In the past, the village had a public house, post office and a petrol station - but all had disappeared by [[1982]]. The village has a chapel - Gilead [[Calvinistic]] [[Methodist]] Chapel - which was completed in [[1876]]. |
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Maidenwells is a quiet village. However, the unclassified road that runs through the village is used as the main route to the [[Valero Energy Corporation|Valero]] oil refinery and [[Pembroke Power Station]]. The refinery and power station currently sends over 5,000 additional vehicles through the village each day. |
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Due to increasing volumes of traffic, a new road bypass is to be built to the north of the village.<ref>http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/8848794.Cabinet_agrees_plan_for_Maidenwells_bypass/</ref> However, the chosen route will cut through the centre of the village and will pass within a few yards of several existing homes. A [[roundabout]] will also be built, resulting in the demolition of two cottages. Construction of the new road ([http://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/content.asp?id=20573&d1=0 option 1]) is scheduled to begin in early [[2013]]. |
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[[Category:Villages in Pembrokeshire]] |
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