Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SOLVA, or Solfach

SOLVA, or Solfach, a seaport village in Whitchurch parish, Pembroke; on a narrow creek of St. Bride's bay, 3¼ miles ESE of St. Davids. It has a post-office‡ under Haverfordwest; and is a pretty place, with romantic environs. Pop., 596.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a seaport village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Whitchurch CP/AP       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place names: SOLFACH     |     SOLVA     |     SOLVA OR SOLFACH
Place: Solfach

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