St Elvis, Pembrokeshire
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1532807.jpg) The Dinas Fawr headlands beside the site of St Elvis |
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| St Elvis shown within Pembrokeshire | |
| OS grid reference | SM811240 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HAVERFORDWEST |
| Postcode district | SA62 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
St Elvis (Welsh: Llaneilfyw, [ɬanəilvəu]) is a parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, about 4 miles (6 km) east of St David's. At 200 acres (81 ha) it is one of the smallest parishes in Wales but its rector was previously the superior of the vicar of the church at Solva (today dependent upon nearby Whitchurch instead). The parish of Whitchurch and St Elvis together form the community of Solva.
The name is a Latinized form of the Welsh saint Eilfyw, also well known by his Gaelic name Ailbe. Former forms of the name include Llanelvewe and Llanailfyw. According to Rhyddferch's 11th-century Life of Saint David, Elvis baptized Saint David in AD 454 at Porth Clais in Dyfed. (Note, however, that this dating seems unlikely.)
A 5000-year-old cromlech—including two early British tombs—lies nearby, although they were damaged by a tenant farmer in the 19th century who removed two of the stones.
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