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Haroldston St Issells is a former parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the upper reaches of the Western Cleddau, 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Haverfordwest. Its area is 1,104 acres (447 ha); Haroldston church is co-located with Lower Haroldston and is a small attractive building.
St Ismael, Haroldston St Issells, was a parish church in the post-conquest period (Rees, 1932), of the medieval Deanery of Rhos. In 1291 the church, as ‘Ecclesie Ville Haraldi juxta Haverford’, was assessed at £2 for tenths to the king, the sum payable being 4s (Green, 1911, 307-8).
The former St Issell's Church is located approximately one mile south-east of the county town of Haverfordwest in a low lying setting close to the marshy reaches of the Western Cleddau river. The church is Grade II listed.
Haroldston St Issell Pembrokeshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haroldston St Issell like this: HARROLDSTON-ST. ISSELLS, a parish in Haverfordwest district, Pembroke; on the river Cleddy, 1 mile SE of Haverfordwest town and r. station.
Places, villages, farms etc within Haroldston St Issels parish as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.).
St Issell, Haroldston St Issells. Record Type: This identifies the church type. Most churches are parish churches which means they serve a specific parish or area. Other types such as chapel, daughter and mission are mostly historic designations as many are now also parish churches.
Western Cleddau River (from St Ismael's Church), Uzmaston, Pembrokeshire. 506 metres*
