Stackpole
Stackpole (Welsh: Ystagbwll) is a village is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Pembroke in the community of Stackpole and Castlemartin and has a population of around 200. It has its own voluntary controlled primary school for children aged 4 to 11.[1] The school was constructed in the late nineteenth century.
Stackpole village was moved from its original medieval site in 1735 to accommodate the growing Stackpole Estate. However, present day Stackpole is considerably larger than it was then. Stackpole has a public house, The Stackpole Inn, which occupies the former village Post Office, a building of sixteenth-century origin.[2] The village is surrounded on all sides by woodland and arable farmland.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the village expanded with modern homes built at the edge of Deer Park and around the school.
The parish church is dedicated to St. James and St Elidyr, and dates back to the twelfth century. It is located in the small village of Cheriton (or Stackpole Elidor), to the north of Stackpole.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stackpole VC School". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "The Stackpole Inn". Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Monkton Rectorial Benefice – Stackpole Church". revjones.fsnet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.