Scoveston
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| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire
| lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed
| constituency_westminster = Preseli Pembrokeshire
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Preseli Pembrokeshire
| post_town = Haverfordwest
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| postcode_area = SA73
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Scoveston is a small village near Llanstadwell and lies between Neyland and Steynton in the Welsh county of Pembrokeshire. Scoveston is a relatively new village, and the first recording of the name was in the 15th century. It is in the parish and community of Llanstadwell.{{cite web|title=Ordnance Survey|url=https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=51.723~-4.986&lvl=12&sp=Point.51.723_-4.986_Scoveston&sty=s|accessdate=4 July 2020}}
History
The earliest-known record of Scoveston is from the 15th century, with some other settlements in the immediate area dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.{{cite web|title=Dyfed Archaeological Trust: Scoveston to Burton|url=http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/milford/area/322.htm|accessdate=4 July 2020}} In 1644–45, Thomas Butler of Scoveston was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQ6wkDw8DnUC&dq=high+sheriffs+of+pembrokeshire&pg=PA893|title= Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales |accessdate= 19 February 2011|isbn= 9780806313146 |last1= Nicholas |first1= Thomas |year= 1991 }} By 1863, the house had been rebuilt and was occupied by William Rees, another High Sheriff.{{cite web|title=RCAHMW: Scoveston, Upper|url=http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein/P/PHGS_139.pdf|accessdate=4 July 2020}} Scoveston and Upper Scoveston appear on a pre-1850 parish map of Llanstadwell,{{cite web|title=GENUKI Parish map 105|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Herbrandston/ParishMap|accessdate=4 July 2020}} but were not mentioned in 19th century gazetteers.{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Llanstadwell|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Llanstadwell/|accessdate=4 July 2020}}
Richard Fenton, in his 1811 Pembrokeshire tour, noted the mansion at Scoveston as being a venerable building transmuted into a farm-house, and having been owned by the Mordaunt family, one which was poorly documented.{{cite book |first= Richard |last= Fenton |author-link= Richard Fenton |title= A historical tour through Pembrokeshire |date= 1811 |url= https://archive.org/details/b22013179|publisher= Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & co. |location= London|pages=359–360}}
Upper Scoveston (also referred to as Scoveston Park or Scoveston Manor) was noted by the 1911 Royal Commission as including a boathouse, possible isolated geometric copses, sundial, well, walled garden and lake.{{Coflein|num=265284 |desc=Upper Scoveston, Garden, Milford Haven |access-date=29 September 2021}}
On modern maps, the name is applied to the road passing through the settlement, as well as Upper Scoveston, Lower Scoveston, Middle Scoveston and Scoveston Grove.
In 1985, Scoveston Manor was the scene of a double murder and extensive fire. John Cooper was later convicted of this and other crimes.{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|date=26 May 2011|title=John Cooper guilty of two Pembrokeshire double murders|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13538545|accessdate=4 July 2020}}{{cite news|newspaper=Western Telegraph|date=31 March 2011|title=Double murders trial|url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/8946489.double-murders-trial-scoveston-body-covered-by-stacks-of-newspapers/|accessdate=4 July 2020}} The following year, the house was sold and repurposed.
See also
- Scoveston Fort - a Grade II Listed Building, which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven.
References
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