Herbrandston
{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| static_image = File:St. Mary's church, Herbrandston - geograph.org.uk - 1026011.jpg
| static_image_caption = View of St. Mary's church, Herbrandston
| constituency_welsh_assembly =
| official_name = Herbrandston
| coordinates = {{coord|51.726443|-5.085726|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire
| population = 397
| population_ref = (2011){{NOMIS2011|id=1170221703|title=Herbrandston Parish: Local Area Report|access-date=27 August 2018}}
| post_town = MILFORD HAVEN
| postcode_district = SA73
| postcode_area = SA
| dial_code = 01646
| os_grid_reference = SM899061
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Herbrandston is a village, parish and community on the north side of the River Cleddau, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is located to the west of Milford Haven and Hakin and east of St Ishmael's. Before 1960 and the building of the ESSO oil refinery, the village only had a population of 200; as infrastructure grew, so did the population. The size of the village increased within a matter of years, as housing estates associated with the refinery were built. The village has a population of 397, 15 per cent of which is Welsh-speaking.
History
Herbrandston's name derives from a Norman or Flemish settler in Pembrokeshire, named Herbrand, who, soon after the Norman Conquest, settled here.{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Samuel|title=A Topographical History of Wales|year=1849|pages=411–418|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47833&strquery=Herbrandston#s16}} It was part of the historical hundred of Roose.
=Church=
St Mary's church in the village contains a worn effigy of what appears to be a 14th-century knight holding a sword. Its tower has two levels; the third level, which contained battlements, was removed between 1740 and 1770.Milford Haven Walks, PLANED, 2005 The village green was the site of an annual Hiring Fair, held on 12 August.
=Thankful village=
Herbrandston is one of only 14 doubly{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15671943 |title = BBC News - Thankful Villages |work = BBC News |date = 11 November 2011 | access-date = 2011-11-11 }} Thankful Villages in the UK, in that it suffered no fatalities during either World War I or World War II.{{cite web|last=Morgan|first=Tom|title=Hellfire Corner|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/TV/herbrandston.htm|work=Thankful Villages}}{{cite news|work=BBC News|date=8 November 2018|author=Hume, Colette|title=Wales' two 'doubly thankful' villages|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46127468|access-date=8 November 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{wikivoyage-inline|Herbrandston}}
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Category:Communities in Pembrokeshire