In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dinas like this:
DINAS, a parish in the district of Cardigan and county of Pembroke; on the coast, 4 miles NE of Fishguard, and 14 N of Clarbeston Road r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Dinas Cross, under Haverfordwest. Acres, 2, 328. Real property, £1, 704. Pop., 820. Houses, 224. The surface is peninsular, between Newport bay and Fishguard bay; and terminates sea-ward in Dinas Head. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David. Value, £136.* Patron, Thomas Lloyd, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1862; and is in the early decorated English style. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
Dinas through time
Dinas is now part of Pembrokeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Pembrokeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dinas itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dinas in Pembrokeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4018
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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