Wiston, Pembrokeshire

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Wiston is a village in Pembrokeshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wiston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wiston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wiston, parl. bor. and par., Pembrokeshire, 5½ miles NE. of Haverfordwest, 7078 ac., pop. 717; P.O.; was originally called Gwyston, from a castle built here by a Norman knight called Gwys. Wiston forms one of the Pembroke District of Parliamentary Boroughs, which returns 1 member.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Whiston, Pembrokeshire. See WISTON.

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