New Moat
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New Moat
Coordinates: 51°53′40″N 4°48′49″W / 51.894369°N 4.813597°W
| New Moat | |
| Welsh: Y Mot | |
 New Moat church |
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 New Moat
New Moat shown within Pembrokeshire |
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| Population | 426 |
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| Community | New Moat |
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | SA63 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Welsh Assembly | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Pembrokeshire | |
New Moat (Welsh: Y Mot) is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It extends from the southern edges of Mynydd Preseli to the Pembrokeshire-Carmarthenshire border. As a community it comprises the villages of New Moat, Bletherston, Llys-y-fran and Pen-ffordd, with a combined population recorded in the 2001 census of 426.[1]
History
Historically located in the hundred of Dungleddy, the village takes its name from an ancient Motte and Bailey defence of which only the artificially built mound now survives.[2] At the centre of the village is St Nicholas's church, mainly rebuilt in the 1880s, it retains its medieval tower and 17th century altar tomb.[1] New Moat was once the seat of the Scourfield family, who are reported to have resided at the area since the reign of Edward I.[3] The Scourfields provided the area of Pembrokeshire and Haverfordwest with several sherrifs and mayors, as well as Members of Parliament, including William Henry Scourfield and Sir John Scourfield. The family resided at Mote and Robertson Hall until the 19th century when the family moved to Robeston Hall in the parish of Robeston West. Mote and Robertson Hall became ruinous and has since been demolished.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines et al., eds (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ "New Moat [Y Mot"]. genuki.org.uk. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/NewMoat/. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "The Scourfields of the Moat". The Cambrian Journal. 1862. pp. 271–276. http://www.archive.org/stream/cambrianjournpt205cambuoft/cambrianjournpt205cambuoft_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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