Brawdy
{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| static_image = Brawdy Farm.jpg
| static_image_width = 260px
| static_image_caption = Brawdy Farm
| coordinates = {{coord|51.873611|-5.113056|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Brawdy
| population = 1012
| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire
| region =
| constituency_westminster = Preseli Pembrokeshire
| post_town = Haverfordwest
| postcode_district = SA62
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01437
| os_grid_reference =
| community_wales = Brawdy
| welsh_name = Breudeth
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Brawdy ({{langx|cy|Breudeth}}) is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Etymology
The Welsh language name appears to be an archaic form of "Bridget" and the parish may originally have been Llanfreudeth. The English name is a corruption of the Welsh.Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, {{ISBN|0-907158-58-7}}, p 198
Location
Brawdy is situated at the northeast corner of St Brides Bay. The southern half of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The parish has 4 km of coastline accessible throughout by the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
File:St David's Church, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire - geograph.org.uk - 477543.jpg
The parish includes the villages of Penycwm {{coord|51|52|3|N|5|7|31|W}} and Newgale ({{langx|cy|Niwgwl}}) {{coord|51|51|29|N|5|7|35|W}}, and the hamlets of Eweston ({{langx|cy|Treŵen}}) {{coord|51|52|20|N|5|5|33|W}}, Tancredston ({{langx|cy|Trebwrnallt}}) {{coord|51|53|38|N|5|4|47|W}} and Trefgarn Owen {{coord|51|53|14|N|5|5|55|W}}. The parish church of St David is a Grade II* listed building.{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-14396-church-of-saint-david-brawdy|title= Church of Saint David,, Brawdy|publisher= British Listed Buildings|access-date = 21 December 2013}}{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=14396 |desc=Church of St David, Brawdy |grade=II* |access-date=4 August 2024 }}
Together with the parishes of Llandeloy and Llanreithan, it constitutes the community of Brawdy, which had a census population of 611 in 2001, increasing to 1,012 at the 2011 census. With the community of Solva, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Solva. There are 15 listed buildings in the community, including two churches.{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings: Brawdy|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/brawdy-pembrokeshire|access-date=4 August 2024}}
The parish had an area of 2240 Hectares. Its census populations were: 572 (1801): 753 (1851): 467 (1901): 425 (1951): 798 (1981, of which around 400 were military). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 88% (1891): 72% (1931): 36% (1971). The Pembrokeshire language frontier, known as the Landsker Line, corresponds roughly with the southern boundary of the parish, and it has historically been more Welsh-speaking (excluding military personnel from the Royal Signals Regiment who are based in the former RN and RAF Station). This is less so today, the 2011 census showed 19.1% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 32.2% in 2001.{{cite web|title=2011 Census results by Community |url=http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Assistance/Dataandstatisitcs/Pages/2011CensusresultsbyCommunity.aspx |publisher=Welsh Language Commissioner |year=2015 |access-date=15 August 2015 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
During the second half of the 20th century, it was home to RAF Station Brawdy, then the large Fleet Air Arm base then back to RNAS Brawdy, later RAF Station and Army Barracks.
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Brawdy (102m elevation) 1991–2020
|collapsed =
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan high C = 8.0
|Feb high C = 7.9
|Mar high C = 9.5
|Apr high C = 11.8
|May high C = 14.4
|Jun high C = 16.7
|Jul high C = 18.5
|Aug high C = 18.0
|Sep high C = 16.6
|Oct high C = 13.6
|Nov high C = 10.7
|Dec high C = 8.7
|year high C = 12.9
|Jan low C = 3.2
|Feb low C = 3.0
|Mar low C = 3.9
|Apr low C = 5.2
|May low C = 7.5
|Jun low C = 10.2
|Jul low C = 12.2
|Aug low C = 12.5
|Sep low C = 10.7
|Oct low C = 8.6
|Nov low C = 5.9
|Dec low C = 4.0
|year low C = 7.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 116.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 87.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 74.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 70.4
|May precipitation mm = 66.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 70.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 77.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 96.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 93.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 132.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 147.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 136.2
|year precipitation mm = 1167.6
| Jan sun = 58.9
| Feb sun = 77.3
| Mar sun = 129.2
| Apr sun = 187.4
| May sun = 228.3
| Jun sun = 218.4
| Jul sun = 202.6
| Aug sun = 187.6
| Sep sun = 151.4
| Oct sun = 103.0
| Nov sun = 66.4
| Dec sun = 53.2
| year sun = 1663.6
|source 1 = metoffice.gov.uk{{cite web
| url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/location-specific-long-term-averages/gchr5kmwc
| title=Climate Normals 1991–2020
| publisher=Met Office
| access-date=16 April 2025}}
| date=16 April 2025
}}
References
External links
{{Commons category-inline|Brawdy}}
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Brawdy/ Historical information and sources on GENUKI]
- [http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/the-pembrokeshire-war-memorials/brawdy-war-memorial Details of the men on the Brawdy War Memorial, inside St David's Church]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/the-pembrokeshire-war-memorials/brawdy-military-burials Military Burials at St David's Church, Brawdy]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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