[4] Its bishop or abbot was considered one of the seven principal clerics of Dyfed under medieval Welsh law.

[6] John Marius Wilson described the village and parish as St Issells in his 1870–72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

[7] The church lies in a dell to the north of Saundersfoot and is a grade II* listed building.

The course of the tramway from Bonville's Court mine bisects the village and ends at the jetty.

The industry finally faded away in the early years of the twentieth century, so that today, the harbour accommodates private moorings,[11] pleasure boats for seasonal tourism,[12] and small fishing charters.

Trains call every two hours, westwards to Pembroke Dock and eastwards to Whitland, Carmarthen and Swansea.