Hodgeston

Hodgeston
Hodgeston
	Hodgeston parish church
	Hodgeston Location within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference	SS029993
Community	Lamphey;
Principal area	Pembrokeshire;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Pembroke
Postcode district	SA71
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
	List of places UK Wales Pembrokeshire 51°39′27″N 4°51′00″W / 51.6575°N 4.85°W

Hodgeston is a small village and parish a mile southeast of Lamphey, south Pembrokeshire, Wales, and is in the community of Lamphey. It is on the A4139 Pembroke Dock to Tenby road. Other surrounding villages are Freshwater East, Jameston and Manorbier Newton.

History

The name Hodgeston is a modern derivation of "Hogges Manor" or similar origin. The name was recorded in 1291 as Villa Hogges.^[1]

Hodgeston parish, 709 acres (287 ha),^[2] was in the Hundred of Castlemartin from the 14th century. In 1833 the population of the parish was 72.^[3]

Hodgeston Hall, dating from about 1800, may have originally served as a rectory, but subsequently became a farmhouse. It is a Grade II listed building.^[4]^[5]

Parish registers, 1755–1995, are held by Pembrokeshire County Council.^[6]

Transport

The Pembroke and Tenby railway, opened in 1863, passes through the north of the parish.^[7] The nearest railway station is at Lamphey.

The A4139 road from Pembroke Dock to Tenby runs through the village.

Church

The parish church, parts of which date from the 13th century, has no recorded dedication and is under the care of Friends of Friendless Churches, who acquired a 999-year lease in 2000.^[8]

Notable people

Thomas Young (1507–1568), born at Hodgeston, a Bishop of St David's and Archbishop of York (1561–1568).^[9]

References

^ Mills, A. D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199609086. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ "A Vision of Britain through Time: Hodgeston". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ "GENUKI: Hodgeston". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ "British Listed Buildings: Hodgeston Hall". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ Cadw. "Hodgeston Hall (Grade II) (5960)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "Pembrokeshire County Council Records". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ "GENUKI: Parish map (143)". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ "Friends of Friendless Churches: Hodgeston". Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
^ Hutton, William Holden (1900). "Young, Thomas (1507-1568)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. pp. 390–392.