Camrose, Pembrokeshire
Camrose
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![]() Parish church of St Ismael | |
Location within Pembrokeshire | |
Population | 1,740 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SM927201 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
Postcode district | SA62 |
Dialling code | 01437 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Camrose (Welsh: Camros) is a village, parish and community in the historic cantref of Roose (Welsh: Rhos) in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The community includes the village of Lambston, and the parish includes the villages of Keyston and Wolfsdale.
Camrose is an anglicization of the Welsh Camros, meaning "crooked" or "broken moor".[2] The village contains a substantial Norman motte,[3] 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.[4] and is a grade II* listed building.[5] The extent of the civil parish of Camrose is 3,386 hectares.[6]
Population
Camrose is an electoral ward with a population at the 2011 Census of 2,565.[7]
Date | 1801 | 1831 | 1861 | 1891 | 1921 | 1951 | 1981 |
Population | 831 | 1259 | 1126 | 833 | 627 | 690 | 1047 |
The village has its own elected community council and gives its name to an electoral ward of Pembrokeshire County Council. The electoral ward of Camrose covers the communities of Camrose and Nolton and Roch. The seat has been held by an independent member since the reorganisation of 1995. Following the most recent election, it is currently represented by the former leader of Pembrokeshire County Council, Jamie Adams.
Football Club
The village football team, currently in Division 2 of the Pembrokeshire league plays its home matches at Folly Fields at the northern edge of the village, and is managed by Jamie Gilderdale. The second team languish in Division 4 but finished 3rd in division 4 in the 09-10 season and narrowly missed out on promotion. The football team have an official website.[8]
Notes
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Charles, B. G, The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, Vol II, p 575
- ^ Castles of Wales
- ^ This is located at grid reference [192720, 220060], which can be used for example at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ to locate maps and aerial photographs of the site.
- ^ "Church of St Ishmael, Camrose". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ Genuki on Camrose
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Camrose FC. Official site.
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