Trefasser
  Trefasser Location within Pembrokeshire | |
| Principal area | |
|---|---|
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Trefasser (variations: Tref-Asser, or Trêf Asser, or Asserton; translation: "town" of "Asser")[1][2][3] is a hamlet, located to the west of Fishguard in western Wales. Historically, it is part of the parish of Llanwnda. It lies on the coast of St George's Channel[2] within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. A stream named Cledde Goch runs close by.[4]
Trefasser's farms, houses and cottages are the only settled area of Pen Caer.[5] David Tress has painted the place in an abstract painting.
History
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Trefasser was mentioned in the survey of episcopal lands in 1326.[5] It at one time belonged to Major Thomas Askwith Jenkins (1809–1877) of Trevigin.[6]
In July 2009, the body of a 47-year-old man from Stourbridge in the West Midlands was found at the bottom of the cliffs of Trefasser.[7]
Etymology
[edit]The general consensus is that Trefasser is named after Bishop Asser, a Welsh churchman who was friend and biographer of King Alfred in the 9th century and may have been his birthplace.[8][6][9][10][11]
Castell Poeth
[edit]A tumulus named Castell Poeth ("the Hot Castle") is located nearby. It is an exploratory castelet with an occasional beacon.[12] Described as a ditched, raised enclosure, oval in shape, and measuring 30 m (98 ft) by 60 m (200 ft) across, it has an attached second oval measuring 46 m (151 ft) by 54 m (177 ft).[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Charnock, Richard Stephen (1859). Local etymology: a derivative dictionary of geographical names. Houlston and Wright. p. 276.
- ^ a b Carlisle, Nicholas (1811). A topographical dictionary of ... Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 4D.
- ^ Morgan, Thomas (1887). Handbook of the origin of place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire. H.W. Southey. p. 208.
- ^ The Transactions. London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1970. p. 113.
- ^ a b "Pen Caer". cambria.org.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ a b Nicholas, Thomas (1872). Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales: containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ... with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families. London: Longmans, Green, Reader. p. 903.
- ^ "Man found dead on Trefasser cliff named by HM Coroner for Pembrokeshire". Western Telegraph. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ Laws, Edward (1888). The History of Little England Beyond Wales. Bell, London. pp. 107–119. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Gorton, John (1833). A topographical dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland: compiled from local information, and the most recent and official authorities: Volume 3 of A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland. Chapman and Hall. p. 626.
- ^ Gronow, J. (1849). A review of England and Wales, in which the historical events of every town, village, and place are briefly expressed. London: Simpkin and Marshall. p. 321.
- ^ An alternative explation is that it is named for Asser's nephew, Asser Meneventsis, as Trefasser is said to be his birthplace. Meneventsis was a Benedictine monk, as well as scribe and chancellor to Asser. Morgan, Thomas (1887). Handbook of the origin of place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire. H.W. Southey. p. 208.
- ^ Nicholson, George (1840). The Cambrian traveller's guide, and pocket companion. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 263.
- ^ Wiles, J. (2004). "CASTELL POETH". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 4 October 2010.