STACKPOOL-ELIDUR, a parish, in the hundred of CASTLEMARTIN, union of PEMBROKE and county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 3}
miles (S.) from Pembroke; containing 294 inhabitants. The name of this place is derived from the Stack rock at the mouth
of the Broad Haven, at the head of which it is situated, in the Bristol Channel; and its adjunct from St. Elidur, to whom
the original foundation of its church is attributed. The parish comprises an extensive tract of good arable and pasture
land, in a high state of cultivation; the rateable annual value being returned at £1818. 15.; and the scenery, enriched
with the beiutiful grounds and plantations surrounding the mansion of Stackpool Court, is finely diversified and
strikingly picturesque. Stackpool Court, the property and one of the seats of Earl Cawdor, (of which the park is in this
parish, and the house and grounds in that of St. Petrox,) is romantically situated in a deep and well wooded valley,
ornamented with a fine artificial lake, over which is an elegant stone bridge of eight arches. A noble mansion, which
overlooked the lake, was erected by the great-grandfather of the present Earl Cawdor, and son of Sir Alexander Campbell,
who was the first of the family that settled in Wales, and who, by marriage with Miss Lort, the heiress, became possessed
of the estate; but this edifice has lately been almost entirely rebuilt by his lordship, from a plan designed by the late
Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, and it has been rendered one of the most superb residences in the principality. It is built of hewn
limestone, and has an imposing grandeur of appearance, having two spacious and magnificent fronts: along the whole of that
which faces the lake a wide terrace has been formed, from which there is a delightful prospect; and from the other front,
in which is the entrance, is a view of the pleasure grounds. The interior comprises a splendid suite of apartments, and a
library containing a large collection of rare and valuable works in every department of literature. The gardens are laid
out with great taste, and the greenhouses and hothouses are stored with every species of rare and valuable exotics; the
park, which is well stocked with deer, fs very extensive, and in the grounds is a large conservatory; the approach to the
house has been much increased in beauty by the erection of a new bridge of one arch. The whole of this fine property has
been very greatly improved by the present proprietor; and the estate, which includes not less than fifteen thousand acres
of rich and valuable land, in the highest state of cultivation, with its luxuriant woods and plantations, forms a
distinguished ornament to this part of the principality. The living is a rectory, in the patronage of Earl Cawdor, united,
in 1839, to that of St. Petra; the glebe-lands and a portion of the tithes haring been surrendered to the earl, in lieu of
lands and tithes of the same value given to the vicarage of Castlemartin; it is rated in the king's books at £15. 12. 11.,
and endowed with £600 royal bounty. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £270; and attached is a
glebe of 77a lr. 22p., valued at £87 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Elidur, or according to some authorities, to
St. James, is an ancient structure, containing several monuments to different members of the family of Stackpool Court,
among which is one, under a rich sculptured canopy of stone, bearing the effigy of a crusader, said to be that of Sir
Elidur de Stackpool, the earliest known proprietor of that estate, and the reputed founder of the church. The interior was
richly embellished by an ancestor of the present Earl Cawdor, in 1766. On a tongue of land commanding a branch of the
Stackpool estuary is a strong encampment, near which, in several places, have been found human bones, a brazen spear-head,
and an old sword, probably memorials of some of those conflicts that frequently took place along this coast, between the
natives and the invaders of their country. STANAGE, a lordship, in that part of the pariah of BRAMPTON- BRYAN which is in
the hundred of KNIGHTON, union of KNIGHTON, county of BAD-NOR, SOUTH WALES, 3 miles (E.) from Knighton; containing 169
inhabitants. The remainder of the parish is situated in Wigmore hundred, county of Hereford. This lordship, the name of
which signifies "the stony edge," forms the most easterly point of South Wales, and lies on the south bank of the river
Teme, on the road from Knighton to Ludlow. Stanage Park, occupying a fine and extensive eminence, formerly belonged to the
Cornewalls, barons of Burford, but is now the property of Edward Rogers, rs, Esq. There is a day school of about thirty
carren, with a house attached for the mistress, who receives a donation annually from Mr. Rogers, in addition to the
payments from the children's parents.