In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Velfrey like this:
LLANDEWY-VELFREY, a hamlet and a parish in Narberth district, Pembroke. The hamlet lies 2¼ miles NE of Narberth, and 3½ SE of Narberth Road r. station. Real property, £4,570. Pop., 768. Houses, 172. The parish contains also the hamlet of Henllan; and its Post town is Narberth. ...
Acres, 4,022. Real property, £5,278. Pop., 790. Houses, 176. The property is subdivided. The living is twofold, a Vicarage and a sinecure rectory, in the diocese of St. David's. Value of the vicarage, £260; * of the rectory, £200. Patron, of the former, the Lord Chancellor; of the latter, St. DaVid's College, Lampeter. The church was reported in 1859 as not Very good.
Velfrey through time
Velfrey is now part of Pembrokeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Pembrokeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Velfrey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Velfrey in Pembrokeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11049
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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