page_title: Eglwyswen
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Eglwyswen / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Old Swan Inn, Eglwyswen, Pembrokeshire, now a private residence
context_page_description: Eglwyswen is a scattered rural settlement and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on the north slopes of the Preseli Hills, 2.5 miles northwest of Crymych. The south-western part of the parish is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and includes the settlements of Pontyglasier and Penygroes. The parish is part of the community of Crymych.
context_section_description: Eglwyswen appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire as Whitchurch.
  In the early 19th century much of the parish was arable or pasture, with some upland rough grazing in the south where the Preseli Mountains rise. Local stone was noted as having a good proportion of quartz, and there were good turbaries where turf could be cut for fuel, and a pre-1850 parish map shows a woollen factory in the west of the parish. The population of the parish in 1881 was 302, and in 1891 it was 275.
  1891 saw the parish involved in months of widespread agitation against the new Tithe Act; there was some violence towards the bailiffs, who were supported by a police presence. The majority of the farmers in the parish were freeholders, and the long drawn out troubles were referred to in The Cardiff Times as "The Welsh Tithe War".
  A Board School existed in the parish (shared with the neighbouring parish of Meline) into the 20th century. In 1904 H. M. Inspector noted: "This school well maintains its usual efficiency", which meant the highest grant was earned.
  In the centre of the hamlet is the former Swan Inn and shop, which last served a beer in the 1920s, and closed its shop doors in the 1950s. It had been trading at least since 1876 when a new licence was granted to Thomas Thomas. The Georgian cottage, called Old Swan Inn, is now a residential property and holiday cottage.
caption: The former Swan Inn
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