Merlin's Bridge
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Merlin's Bridge (Welsh: Bont Myrddin or Pont Fadlen) is a village and a community south of, and contiguous with, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on the A4076 to Milford Haven.
Merlin's Bridge has its own elected community council which meets monthly,[2] and is an electoral ward to Pembrokeshire County Council, electing one county councillor. The community had a population of 2,202 in the 2011 census.[3]
The village has a community centre, a post office and a creamery.[4]
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Worship
The English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Emmanuel Christian Centre, and St Mark's Chapel, the three places of worship in Merlin's Bridge, are all buildings noted by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (Coflein).[5]
Sport
The village's football team won The Senior Cup and League double in 2002. There is a boxing club.[6]
War memorial
The marble War Memorial, sculpted by Edwards and Lewis of Haverfordwest, is at the end of Magdalen Street and can be viewed from Dredgman Hill.[7]
References
- ^ "Pembrokeshire College". The Independent. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Merlins Bridge Community Council". Pembrokeshire Town & Community Councils. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Haverfordwest Creamery". Pembrokeshire Business. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ "Coflein: listed buildings". Retrieved 6 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "boxingclubs.com". Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ West Wales War Memorial Project website; Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed 18 May 2014
External links
- Historical information and sources on GENUKI
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