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{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
|country = Wales
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| country = = Wales
|static_image = St Peters Parish Church, Johnston (geograph 3721181).jpg
| welsh_name =
|static_image_caption = St Peter's Church
| static_image = St Peters Parish Church, Johnston (geograph 3721181).jpg
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| static_image_caption = St Peter's Church
|official_name= Johnston
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|unitary_wales= [[Pembrokeshire]]
| official_name= = Johnston
|lieutenancy_wales= [[Dyfed]]
| unitary_wales= = [[Pembrokeshire]]
|constituency_westminster= [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]]
| lieutenancy_wales= = [[Dyfed]]
|constituency_welsh_assembly= [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]] [[Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]]
| constituency_westminster= = [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]]
|post_town= [[Haverfordwest|HAVERFORDWEST]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Preseli Pembrokeshire (Assembly constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]] [[Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|Mid and West Wales]]
|postcode_district = SA62
|postcode_area= post_town SA = [[Haverfordwest|HAVERFORDWEST]]
| postcode_district = = SA62
|dial_code= 01437
| postcode_area = SA
|os_grid_reference= SM932104
| dial_code= = 01437
| population = 1941
| os_grid_reference= = SM932104
| population_ref =(2011 census)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125066&c=SA62+3QB&d=16&e=62&g=6491690&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429441320094&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=19 April 2015}}</ref>
| population = 1941
}}
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'''Johnston''' is a village, [[parish]] and [[Community (Wales)|community]] in the former [[hundred (country subdivision)|hundred]] of [[Roose (hundred)|Roose]], [[Pembrokeshire]], Wales, and a [[parish]] in the diocese of [[Diocese of St David's]].
 
It lies on the [[A4076 road]] approximately midway between [[Haverfordwest]] and the port of [[Milford Haven]] and is served by [[Johnston railway station]]. Until the end of the 19th century, [[anthracite]] was mined here. The village is now a dormitory for Haverfordwest and Milford Haven. The [[parish church]] has the typical tall, slim castellated tower of churches in the largely English-speaking south of Pembrokeshire, sometimes known as "[[Little England beyond Wales]]".
 
The village is just over 1 mile long<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.7561,-5.000153&spn=0.039635,0.077162&t=h&z=14|title = Google Maps}}</ref> and almost a mile wide from the furthest main points.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.755648,-4.994187&spn=0.019818,0.038581&t=h&z=15|title=Google Maps}}</ref>
In 2011 11.4 per cent of inhabitants could speak Welsh, down from 13.81 per cent in 2001, but 18.5 per cent had some Welsh language ability.<ref name="neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk">http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2533</ref><ref>http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6176954&c=SA62+3QG&d=14&e=16&g=416058&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1292424483218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=197</ref> This is lower than the overall percentage for Pembokeshire and Wales, which are 19.2 and 19.0 respectively.<ref name="neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk"/>
 
The village is just over 1 mile long<ref>http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.7561,-5.000153&spn=0.039635,0.077162&t=h&z=14</ref> and almost a mile wide from the furthest main points.<ref>http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.755648,-4.994187&spn=0.019818,0.038581&t=h&z=15</ref>
 
== History ==
Johnston was founded as a small farming and mining<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_PAR1831&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=Y| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104171156/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_IND&data_cube=N_OCC_PAR1831&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=Y| archive-date = 2012-11-04| title = Johnston AP/CP through time {{!}} Industry Statistics {{!}} Males aged 20 & over, in 9 occupational categories}} </ref> village sometime before 1801 when 99 people lived in the village. Maps from 1579 show Johnston as an already established villageparish.<ref>{{cite web|title=PENBROKPenbrok comitat|publisher=British Library|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183108/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001map00000c7c1u00035000.html|websiteaccess-date=The British Library|publisher=British Library|accessdate=922 SeptemberJuly 20152024}}</ref> The population steadily grew to 600 in 1951 and almost doubled in the next 10 years to 1,133.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=N| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104171214/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105547&c_id=10001043&add=N| archive-date = 2012-11-04| title = Johnston AP/CP through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{!}} Total Population}} </ref> Since then Johnston has had a steady population growth.
 
== Demographics ==
===Religion===
Johnston is a majority Christian village with 62.4 per cent of people identifying as Christian, 0.2 per cent as Buddhist, 0.4 per cent as Muslim, 0.5 per cent as "Other" and 26.5 per cent as having no religion. 9.7 per cent of people did not state a religion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2479< |title=Lead View Table |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https:/ref>{{dead/web.archive.org/web/20140504191650/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2479 link|archive-date=April4 May 2014 |url-status=dead 2019}}</ref>
 
===Origin===
The majority of people, 72.8 per cent, were born in Wales. 23.5 per cent were born elsewhere in the United Kingdom (22 per cent in [[England]], 1.3 per cent in [[Scotland]] and 0.2 per cent in [[Northern Ireland]]). 0.3 per cent were born in [[Ireland]]; 1.2 per cent were born in countries that were members of the EU before 2001 while 0.4 per cent were born in EU countries that joined after 2001. 1.9 per cent were born in 'other countries'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2478< |title=Check Browser Settings |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https:/ref>{{dead/web.archive.org/web/20160304064028/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2478 link|archive-date=April4 March 2016 |url-status=dead 2019}}</ref>
 
===Identity===
Johnston is not an ethnically diverse village with 99.55 per cent of the population identifying as White; 59.8 per cent identify only as [[Welsh people|Welsh]] and 6.7 per cent as Welsh and [[British people|British]]. 12.7 per cent identify only as [[English people|English]] while 1.2 per cent identify as English and British and 1 per cent identify as English and "other". 0.8 per cent identify as [[Scottish people|Scottish]] only while 0.2 per cent identify as Scottish and British, and 0.2 per cent as Scottish and "other". 0.2 er cent identified as [[Northern Irish]] only. 15.5 per cent identify only as British, while 8.7 per cent identify as British and "other". 75.8 per cent have no British identity while 32.5 per cent have no Welsh identity, and 1 per cent identify as Welsh and "other".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361997984092&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2529< |title=Check Browser Settings |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https:/ref>{{dead/web.archive.org/web/20160304071537/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361997984092&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2529 link|archive-date=April4 March 2016 |url-status=dead 2019}}</ref>
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===Language===
In 2011, 11.4 per cent of inhabitants could speak Welsh, down from 13.81 per cent in 2001, but 18.5 per cent had some Welsh language ability.<ref name="neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk">{{cite web| url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2533| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140504230413/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6503117&c=Johnston&d=14&e=62&g=6491685&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1361996529976&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2533| archive-date = 2014-05-04| title = Lead View Table}} </ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6176954&c=SA62+3QG&d=14&e=16&g=416058&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1292424483218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=197| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120829061310/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6176954&c=SA62+3QG&d=14&e=16&g=416058&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1292424483218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=197| archive-date = 2012-08-29| title = Check Browser Settings}} </ref> This is lower than the overall percentage for PembokeshirePembrokeshire and Wales, which are 19.2 and 19.0 respectively.<ref name="neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk"/>
 
==Governance==
Johnston Community Council, has limited control over aspects of the running of the village.
 
On a county level, an [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the same name also exists. The current County Councillor is Aled Thomas, thiswho wardhas stretchesbeen tothe andincumbent includessince [[Tiers2022 Cross]].when Thethe currentprevious County Councillor is KenKenneth Rowlands. stood down.
 
== Education ==
Johnston CP School is a primary school with year groups, Nursery to Year 6. It has over 150 pupils. In 2017 it moved into a newly built building, previously it had been on its former site for approximately 30–35 years. Before then it was at another site in the north of Johnston.
 
Pupils in Secondary Education are automatically enrolled in [[Tasker-Milward V.C. School]], in nearby Haverfordwest. Although parents may opt out of this and send their child to another school.
 
== Transport ==
Johnston is served by 9 bus stops, six main with three smaller stops. Buses run to Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Neyland and Tenby.
 
[[Johnston railway station]] serves as a railway link. Trains run in both directions every 2 hours, with two main termini being [[Milford Haven railway station]] and [[Manchester Piccadilly station]]. The station itself is unmanned and is a request stop.
 
===Worship===
The places of worship are all located at the southern end of the village. The Anglican church of St Peter, in the Diocese of St David's<ref name=GENUKI>{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Johnston|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Johnston/index.html|accessdateaccess-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> and established as a mission church in 1894, became a Chapel of Ease to Saint Paul's Church, Pentre Broughton in 1908. It is a grade II* listed building dating from C15. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-11996-church-of-st-peter-johnston|title= Church of St Peter, Johnston|publisher= British Listed Buildings |accessdateaccess-date = 29 December 2013}}</ref> The nearby Baptist chapel was built in the first half of C20 in a modern style.
 
A meetinghouse for [[Thethe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) was opened in December 2012 and is home to the Milford Haven Branch.
 
==Sport==
A [[Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom|greyhound racing]] track existed in the village. It opened in August 1934 and was trading in 1948 but the regularity of the racing in unknown.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 417|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}}</ref> In 1948 and 1949 the Licensing Authorities listed the track as having a attendance capacity of just 200 which is the smallest known attendance of any track. The racing was independent which means unaffiliated to the sports governing body at the time (the [[National Greyhound Racing Club]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=Particulars of Licensed tracks, Licensed Dog Racecourses|year=1948|publisher=Licensing Authorities}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Particulars of Licensed tracks, table 1 Licensed Dog Racecourses|year=1949|publisher=Licensing Authorities}}</ref>
 
[[Johnston A.F.C.]] is the villages football team. They currently play in the [[Pembrokeshire League]] Division Two.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Fraser |title=Promotion and relegation in 2019/20 Pembrokeshire League |url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/sport/18521152.promotion-relegation-2019-20-pembrokeshire-league/ |publisher=Western Telegraph |accessdate=17 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fchd.info/JOHNSTOP.HTM|title = Football Club History Database - Johnston &#91;Pembrokeshire&#93;}}</ref>
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