The largest settlement in the parish, which covers 3,138 acres (1,270 ha),[1] is Solva, whose own church is dedicated to St Aidan.

By the churchyard gate is a standing stone called Maen Dewi, believed to be the lower part of a large Celtic cross.

[3] The farm of Caerforiog, Whitchurch, is claimed as the birthplace of Adam Houghton (or Hoton), a 14th-century Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of St Davids.

[2] In 1856, a small building survived at Caerforiog with an ogee-headed doorway, possibly dating from the 14th century.

[9] Caleb Rees (1883–1970), was born at "Esgairordd", in Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire; he was a Welsh school inspector for over forty years and a writer on educational and ecclesiastical topics.