BRIDE'S-ST, a parish, in the hundred of RHOS, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 11 miles (W.S.W.) from Haverfordwest,
containing 132 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the south side of the bay in St. George's channel, to which it
gives name, and at the neck of a small inlet from the bay, which flows up almost to the churchyard, forming what is called
St. Bride's haven. A considerable herring fishery, which has been discontinued for many years, was formerly carried on
here with very great advantage, and there are still the remains of an ancient chapel on the beach, which, according to
tradition, was subsequently appropriated as a salting-house for curing the fish. In the cemetery belonging to this chapel
were numerous stone coffins, of which several have been washed away by the encroachment of the sea, which has here gained
considerably on the shore, as was proved some years ago, during an extraordinary recess of the tide, by the discovery of
several stumps of trees. The surrounding scenery is richly diversified, and various parts of the parish afford extensive
marine views and pleasing prospects over the adjacent country. Hill, the elegant mansion of Charles Philipps, Esq., is
beautifully sheltered by luxuriant plantations, being open only to a verdant lawn, which slopes gently to the creek that
comes up nearly to the churchyard. This family, who are descended from the ancient royal house of Cilsant, resided
formerly at the old mansion of St. Bride's, which was abandoned some years since, on the erection of the present modern
house. Attached to Hill is a park well stocked with deer, forming one of the very small number at present to be found in
this part of the principality. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of St. David's, rated
in the king's books at 415. 12.11., and in the alternate patronage of Charles Philipps, Esq., W. P. Laugharne, Esq., and
John Nash, Esq., the last as representative of the family of Philipps, of Fobeston. The church is not distinguished by any
architectural features of importance. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor is £77. 9.