Lamphey

The parish church, dedicated to St Tyfai (or Tyfie) and St Faith, is medieval in origin but was largely rebuilt in 1869–1871 by the architect Ewan Christian. The fine tower is thirteenth or fourteenth century. In the chancel a piscina and two lancet windows date from the thirteenth century, but have been repositioned. The font is Norman.{{cite web|title=Church of St Tyfie and St Faith, Lamphey|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-5962-church-of-st-tyfie-and-st-faith-lamphey#.WL4pPvmLSCp|website=British Listed Buildings|access-date=7 March 2017}}{{Coflein|desc=St Faith and St Tyfei's Church, Lamphey|num=400388|access-date=7 March 2017}}

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Several Georgian-era buildings remain, including the guesthouse, Lower Lamphey Park on the Ridgeway.{{cite book|last1=Nevez|first1=Catherine Le|last2=Parker|first2=Mike|last3=Whitfield|first3=Paul|title=The Rough Guide to Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I6z234p43ggC&pg=PA190|date=1 May 2009|publisher=Rough Guides Limited|isbn=978-1-84836-050-1|page=190}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thedialinn.co.uk/|title=The Dial Inn|publisher=Thedialinn.co.uk|access-date=11 September 2016}} The village has two hotels/restaurants, The Dial public house, a primary school, a service station with a shop, a hairdressers, and a local bakery which has served the community for generations. There are playing fields. The village hall, with a capacity of 120 people, was completed in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.pembrokeshirehalls.org.uk/hall.php?hall_id=28&lang=cym|title=Lamphey Village Hall, Lamphey, Nr.Pembroke|publisher=Pembrokeshirehalls.org.uk|accessdate=11 September 2016}}

Bishop Vaughan was responsible for adding the first-floor chapel on the north side of Lamphey Hall in the early 16th century. In 1542, Lamphey Manor was "surrendered to Henry VIII in exchange for the rich rectory of Carew".{{cite book|last=Emery|first=Anthony|title=Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: Volume 2, East Anglia, Central England and Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FRw9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA645|year=1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58131-8|page=645}}

The grade II listed Lamphey Court, a Georgian mansion, was built in 1823 to the west of the ruins of the Bishop's Palace. It was the seat of the Mathias family until it was sold in 1978 by Wing Commander Lewis Mathias, the High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire.{{cite web|url = http://www.lamphey.org.uk/sparc/sparc%20leaflet.html|title= Three Pembrokeshire villages|access-date = 12 July 2013}}

Lamphey, together with Cosheston, forms an electoral ward. The total ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,671.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/lamphey-w05000418#sthash.L60cJfSg.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=19 April 2015}}

Lamphey railway station on the Pembroke Dock branch of the West Wales Line is operated by Transport for Wales Rail, who also manage the station. Trains stop here on request every two hours in each direction, westwards to {{rws|Pembroke Dock}} and eastwards to {{rws|Tenby}}, {{rws|Whitland}}, {{rws|Carmarthen}} and {{rws|Swansea}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetrainline.com/stations/lamphey|title=Lamphey|publisher=The Train Line|access-date=11 September 2016}}

The Pembroke River rises at nearby Hodgeston Hill to flow through Lamphey to Pembroke Castle.

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• Lamphey Bishop's Palace
• Lamphey Cricket Club Ground

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• {{cite web |last1= Hughes |first1= Basil H.J. |year= 2014 |title= Pembrokeshire Parishes, Places & People. Castlemartin Hundred |website= archive.org |pages= 140-185 |url= https://archive.org/details/PembrokeshireParishesPlacesPeopleCastlemartinHundred/mode/2up }}

• [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6506890 Photos of Lamphey and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]

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