Walwyn's Castle

Walwyn's Castle (Welsh: Castell Gwalchmai) is a village, parish and community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, and is 84 miles (135 km) from Cardiff and 213 miles (343 km) from London.[1][2] In 2011 the community's population was 361. [3]

Walwyn's Castle
  • Welsh: Castell Gwalchmai
Walwyn's Castle
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population361 
OS grid referenceSM 8727 1121
• Cardiff84.1 mi (135.3 km)
• London213.2 mi (343.1 km)
Community
  • Walwyn's Castle
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHaverfordwest
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
  • Preseli Pembrokeshire
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
  • Preseli Pembrokeshire


Community

The community of Walwyns Castle consists of the parishes of Walwyns Castle itself and the parishes of Hasguard and Robeston West.[4]

In 2011 the population of the community of Walwyn's Castle was 355 with 15.2 per cent able to speak Welsh.[5]

History

In his 12th century Gesta Regum Anglorum, William of Malmesbury claimed that the grave of Gawain (Latin: Walwen, Welsh: Gwalchmai) was found here around the end of the 11th century and that the castle mound covers the site.[6][7]

A castle was built within an Iron Age Hill fort by the Normans. There is an historic rath overlooking Walwyns Castle. A geophysical survey was carried out in 2011.[4]

Walwyn's Castle was in the ancient hundred of Roose with its origins in the pre-Norman cantref of Rhôs. This and several other parishes fell within the mediaeval Barony of Walwyn's Castle, the caput of the Marcher Lord.[8]

Parish

The parish of Walwyn's Castle includes several scattered settlements.[7][9]

Parish church

The earliest-known reference to Walwyns Castle Church was 1291. The church was rebuilt around 1869 to 1878. Today the Church is in good repair with services held there every Sunday.[4]

School

The village school closed in the late 1950s, converted to a village hall, and substantially renovated in 2004.[4]

See also

References
  1. Gwalchmai Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); accessed 9 May 2014
  2. Google Maps (Map). Google.
  3. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000483
  4. "Pembrokeshire Town and Community Councils: Walwyns Castle". Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats; accessed 9 May 2014
  6. Gesta Regum, William Stubbs, 1889, vol. 2, p. 89
  7. "GENUKI: Walwyn's Castle". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  8. "Dyfed Archaeology: Hoaten to Hasguard". Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. "GENUKI Parish Map 162". Retrieved 27 March 2020.


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