:Henry's Moat

{{Short description|Village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| static_image = The church, Henry's Moat NLW3362044.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Brynach's Church, about 1885

| coordinates = {{coord|51.913|-4.846|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Henry’s Moat

| welsh_name = Castell Hendre

| population =

| community_wales = Puncheston

| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire

| constituency_westminster = Preseli Pembrokeshire

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Preseli Pembrokeshire

| post_town = Clarbeston Road

| postcode_district = SA63

| postcode_area = SA

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SN044276

}}

Henry's Moat is a hamlet and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Puncheston. It is {{convert|7|mi|km|sigfig=2}} southeast of Fishguard and {{convert|9|mi|km|sigfig=2}} northeast of Haverfordwest. The nearest railway station is Clarbeston Road {{convert|5|mi|km|sigfig=1}} to the south. It was in the ancient Hundred of Cemais.

Name

The parish's Welsh name was Castell Hên-drêv (or Hendre), Anglicised by early English settlers to its present form. It derives from an ancient tumulus surrounded by a moat. It appears as Castel henrye on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.{{cite web|title=Penbrok comitat|publisher=British Library|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001map00000c7c1u00035000.html|access-date=22 July 2024|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183108/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001map00000c7c1u00035000.html|url-status=dead}}

History

In 1833 the population of the parish was 282.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Henry’s Moat|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/HenrysMoat/index.html|accessdate=25 April 2015}} It includes the hamlet of Tufton on the nearby B4329 Cardigan to Haverfordwest turnpike.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Parish maps|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Letterston/ParishMap.html|accessdate=25 April 2015}}

Church

The parish church is dedicated to St Brynach (English: St Bernard).

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