Editing Stackpole (section)

{{Short description|Village and former community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
{{about|the small village of Stackpole}}
[[Image:Stackpole - geograph.org.uk - 208744.jpg|thumb|Part of the village]]
'''Stackpole''' ({{langx|cy|Ystagbwll}}) is a village approximately {{convert|4|mi}} south of [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire]], Wales, in the [[Community (Wales)|community]] of [[Stackpole and Castlemartin]]. It has a population of around 200. 

Prior to 2011 Stackpole was a local government community in its own right, with its own elected community council. It was merged with neighbouring [[Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire|Castlemartin]] (and the community council dissolved) to form the new Stackpole and Castlemartin community.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/683/pdfs/wsi_20110683_mi.pdf|title=Pembrokeshire(Communities)Order 2011|publisher= UK Stationery Office|date=7 March 2011|accessdate =20 October 2024}}</ref>

Stackpole village was moved from its original medieval site in 1735 to accommodate the growing [[Stackpole Estate]].{{cn|date=October 2024}} However, present day Stackpole is considerably larger than it was then. Stackpole has a [[public house]], The Stackpole Inn, which occupies the former village Post Office, a building of sixteenth-century origin.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Stackpole Inn|url=http://www.stackpoleinn.co.uk|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The village is surrounded on all sides by woodland and arable farmland.

The village had its own [[voluntary controlled]] primary school for children aged 4 to 11.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stackpole VC School|url=http://www.pgfl.org.uk/schools/pbf/Stackpole|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The school was constructed in the late nineteenth century. In January 2016 a decision was made to close the school, due to costs being between 24% and 65% greater than the average county school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Angle Peninsula schools to close because of costs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-35312806|work=BBC News|date=14 January 2016|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>

During the 1950s and 1960s, the village expanded with modern homes built at the edge of Deer Park and around the school.
[[File:The bridge at Stackpole Centre - geograph.org.uk - 24400.jpg|thumb|The nearby [[Eight-Arch Bridge]] which crosses the eastern branch of [[Bosherston Lakes]]]]

The [[St Elidyr's Church, Stackpole|parish church]] is dedicated to [[James, son of Zebedee|St. James]] and [[St Elidyr]], and dates back to the twelfth century. It is located in the small village of Cheriton (or Stackpole Elidor), to the north of Stackpole.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.revjones.fsnet.co.uk/stackpole/stackpole.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001734/http://www.revjones.fsnet.co.uk/stackpole/stackpole.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|title=Monkton Rectorial Benefice – Stackpole Church|website= revjones.fsnet.co.uk}}</ref>