Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for JOHNSTON

JOHNSTON, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on the South Wales railway, 4¾ miles S by W of Haverfordwest. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Haverfordwest. Acres, 1, 293. Real property, £1, 026; of which £100 are in mines, and £60 in quarries. Pop., 275. Houses, 66. Johnston Hall was formerly the seat of Lord Kensington, and is now the property of the Rev. James Morgan. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Steynton, in the diocese of St. Davids-Value, £322. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Johnston AP/CP       Haverfordwest RegD/PLU       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place: Johnston

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