Where is Llanfihangel Penbedw?

Llanfihangel Penbedw is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.0248°, -4.6177°.

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Llanfihangel Penbedw

Llanfihangel Penbedw in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Llanfihangel Penbedw is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Llanfihangel Penbedw is a parish in the former Hundred of Kilgerran in northeast Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish, a joint curacy with Capel Colman, in the Diocese of St Davids in the Church in Wales, included the village of Boncath and part of the village of Blaenffos. The parish church is abandoned and the civil parish has been absorbed into Boncath Community.

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History

The earliest recorded date of the parish is 1325, with the patronage before that date belonging to the Earl of Pembroke. Llanfihangel Penbedw (as Llanyhangel Penbedu) appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. The living of the parish was presented to George Owen Harry (or Henry) in 1594 by George Owen, Lord of Cemais. Harry held the living until his death in 1614. Richard Fenton the Welsh topographer and poet in his 1811 work A Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire made liberal use of Harry's manuscripts. Parish records exist from the 17th century to 1970, with the last recorded burial in 1916. The church was rebuilt on the old foundations in the 19th century. Throughout the 19th…

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