TWINNEL'S-ST, a parish, in the hundred of CASTLEMARTIN, union of PEMBROKE and county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (S.
S. W.) from Pembroke; containing 234 inhabitants. This parish is pleasantly situated in the southern part of the county,
and cultiy, and comprises a considerable portion of inclosed vated land, and a small tract of open downs, affording good
pasturage for sheep and young cattle. Limestone is found in it, and some quarries have been opened, in the working of
which a portion of the inhabitants are employed. The village is neatly built, on an eminence, and is of prepossessing
appearance. Of the rateable annual value of property, the return made amounts to £1321. The living is a discharged
vicarage, rated in the king's books at f.S. 17. 11.; present net income, £150, with a glebe-house; patrons, Precentor and
Chapter of St. David's. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £184, of which £80 are the property of the Dean
and Chapter of Hereford, subject to rates, averaging £9; a like sum, subject to a similar amount of rates, is payable to
the vicar, who has also a glebe of I jF acre, which, with a house, is valued at £10 annually; and £24, subject to rates
that average £3, belong to the impropriators. The church, dedicated to St. Deiniol, is an ancient building, with a very
lofty tower, and; from its elevated situation, is an interesting and conspicuous object from all parts of the surrounding
country. There is a place of worship for Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. Poor children of this place are eligible for
gratuitous instruction in the school supported by Earl Cawdor, in the adjoining parish of Stackpool-Elidur.