Crunwere
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Crunwere (Template:Langx - also written Crunwear and Cronwere) is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated 3 km north of the Carmarthen Bay coast, 8 km north-east of Saundersfoot. The parish includes the village of Llanteg and sub-hamlet of Llanteglos Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. Together with the village of Amroth, it constitutes the community of Amroth.
Name
The Welsh placename means "round alder swamp": the English form is a corruption of the Welsh.[1] Part of Little England beyond Wales, although close to the Pembrokeshire language frontier, it has been predominantly English-speaking for centuries.
History
1849 Description of Parish - Template:Quote
Parish
The parish had an area of 689 Ha. Its census populations were: 191 (1801): 289 (1851): 188 (1901): 160 (1951): 164 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 16 (1891): 12 (1931): 15 (1971)
Crunwere Church (St Elidyr) is now declared redundant and the last service (open-air) held on 2 August 2009.
Governance
Crunwere is included in the Amroth electoral ward for elections to Pembrokeshire County Council. Crunwere is also a community electoral ward (the other being 'Amroth') which elects or co-opts up to three community councillors to Amroth Community Council.[2]
References
- ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, Template:ISBN, pp 486
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