East Williamston
| East Williamston | |
  East Williamston |
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| Population | 1,844 (2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SN097050 |
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kilgetty |
| Postcode district | SA68 0 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
| Welsh Assembly | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
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Coordinates: 51°43′N 4°45′W / 51.71°N 4.75°W
East Williamston is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the south of the county, 4 km west of Saundersfoot. The parish includes the villages of Cold Inn 51°42′57″N 4°44′55″W / 51.71583°N 4.74861°W and Broadmoor 51°43′12″N 4°45′16″W / 51.72000°N 4.75444°W. The community had a population of 1,787 in 2001, increasing to 1,844 at the 2011 Census. With the community of Jeffreyston, it makes up the Pembrokeshire electoral ward of East Williamston, which had a population of 2,327 in 2001, with 11% Welsh speakers.The ward population had increased to 2,418 at the 2011 Census.[2]
It was originally a chapelry of the parish of Begelly. Part of Little England beyond Wales, it has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.
The parish had an area of 588 Ha. Its census populations were: 341 (1801): 551 (1851): 397 (1901): 387 (1951): 473 (1981).
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 5 (1891): 12 (1931): 3 (1971).
References
- ↑ "Cummunity population 2011". Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 18 April 2015.
