PRENDERGAST, a parish, in the union of HAVERFORDWEST, hundred of DUNGLEDDY, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, adjoining to
and including part of the borough of Haverfordwest; and containing 1531 inhabitants. This place derives its appellation
from an ancient family of the same name, to whom the whole parish formerly belonged, and of whose mansion some remains may
still be traced. The last member of that family who enjoyed the property was Maurice de Prendergast, who accompanied
Strongbow, Earl .of Clare, into Ireland, in which kingdom he finally settled. The lands afterwards came into the
possession of the Stepneys, who resided here till their removal into the county of Carmarthen, when the seat, being
deserted, soon fell into decay. The parish is situated between the rivers Hiog and Cleddy, and, near its south-western
extremity, is connected with the town of Haverfordwest by a bridge across the latter, from which the village extends
chiefly along the road to Cardigan, with a branch street southward; the whole forming an extensive and important suburb of
Haverfordwest, returned of the rateable annual value of £3370. A small tract at this angle of the parish, comprising a
part of the village lying nearest to the town, is within the ancient limits of the town and county of the town of
Haverfordwest, the electoral boundaries of which were extended in 1832, so as to include the whole village, together with
the southwestern portion of the parish, which contains about fifty houses rated sufficiently high to qualify the tenants
as voters for the borough. The petty-sessions for the hundred are held in the village. The living is a discharged rectory,
rated in the king's books at £9. 14. 9., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown; present net
income, £183. The church, dedicated to St. David, is an ancient and venerable structure, in the early style of English
architecture, and in good repair. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists: four day schools afford
instruction to about 100 children, at the cost of their parents; and 14, girls are taught in an infants' school, also at
their parents' expense.