Walton East, Walton West,
Walwyns
Castle, Warren, West Tarr, West
Williamston, Whitchurch, Whitechurch,
Wiston, Wolfscastle.
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Acc/to
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994.
Church
on ancient foundations but has been completely rebuilt and lacks old features.
The
only reference to this benefice in the Valor Eccl. is in the list of
churches appropriated to the preceptory of Slebeche, in which appears the
following entry:- Ecclesia de
Walton xj'i.
Under
the heading “Not in Charge”':- Walton East Cur. (St. Mary). James Philipps,
Esq. £10 certified value. - Bacon's Liber Regis.
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Walton
West
(SM865128)
Church
All Saints
Tower
is 14c, the rest rebuilt 1854. Has 12c Norman Font and a 10c grave stone.
WALTON
WEST All Saints SM865127
The
rectory of Walton West appears to have been in private patronage at al1 events
since 1536. It seems to have belonged to Henry Catharne and others at that date,
but in 1594 the patrons are said to be the families of Newport, Stepneth [Stepley],
Woodford, Kette [Kettill] and Longvill in right of Catharn. – Owen’s
Pembroke. These were probably all representatives of Henry Catharne; in fact
Stepney, Woodford, and Kettill are no doubt the Alban Stepney, Thomas Woodford,
and William Kettill, who married three of the coheiresses of Thomas Catharne,
the son of the Henry Catharne in question.
Waltan. - Ecclesia ibidem er collacione Henrici Cathern arrnigeri et aliorum unde
David Powle est rector habens ibidem unam mansionem. edt valet comm1mibus annis
in fructibus et elaolimentis vij'i. Inde sol' in visitacione ordinaria quolibet
tercio anno. Et in visitacione archidiaconi pro sinodalibus et ptocuracionibus
quolibet anno V4. iXd. Et remanet clarer £6 13s. 4d. Inde decima 13s. 4d. - Valor
Eccl.
Under
the heading “Livings Discharged”:- Walto alias Walton West R. Ordinaria
quolibet tertio anno, 10d. Atchidiac quolibet anno, 5s. 5d. Henry Cathern and .alii
Patr., 1535; Sir Thomas Stepney, Bart., 1719, 1739, 1763, Clear yearly value, £10.
King's Books, £6 13s. 4d. - Bacon's Liber Regis.
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St.
James
(SM873112)
The
tower top has been rebuilt with continuous corbelled courses and the nave and
chancel have been rebuilt on the old foundations.
The
rectory of Walwyn’s castle was in 1594 appendant to the manor of that name. Owen’s
Pem.
The
barony or lordship of Walwyn’s castle was held by several important personages
including the Earls of Pembroke, Guy de Brian, in 1350, James, Earl of
Wiltshire, and Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, in 1483. - Pat. Rolls.
By
1519 the lordship or manor of Walwyn’s castle, with the advowson of the church
there had become the property of Sir Owen Perrot, of Eastington, in the parish
of Rhoserowther, who, on 15 Sept., in that year, settled the advowson and other
property on himself and his heir. - P.M.
of Owen Perrot, Imp Hen. VIII.
Described
as Ecclesia de Castro Walwani, this church was in 1291 assessed at £9 6s. 5d.
for tenths to the king, the sum payable being 18s. 8d. - Taxatio.
Pembrokeshire
Parsons.
collacione
Johannis Parrett vel aliter ad collacionem regiam racione minoris etatis ejusdem
Johannis unde Doctor Lorgan est. rector habens ibidem unam mansionem et terras.
Et valet in fructibus et emolimentis hoc anno et communibus annis viij'i. Inde
sol' in visitacione ordinaria quolibet tercio armo xjjd Et in visitacione
archidiaconi quolibet anno pro sinodalibus et procuracionibus vs ixd. Et remanet
clare £7 13s. 3d. Inde decima 15s 4d. Valor Eccl.
Under
the heading “Livings remaining in Charge”:- Castlewalwyn (Castell Gwalchmai)
R. (St. James). Ordinario quolibet tertio anno, 1s. Archidiac. quolibet armo,
5S. 8d. The Prince of Wales; John Parrett, 1535. King's Books, £7 13s. 4d., £80.
Yearly tenths, 15s. 4d. - Bacon's Liber Regis.
The
rectories of Walwyn's Castle and Robeston West were united under an Order in
Council on 20 March 1877.
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St
Mary Parish of Castlemartin.
Place
Names of Pembrokeshire by B. G. Charles.
Warren
[Name
may well have been of Welsh origin but
Anglicised].
Woveran
1273, 1293, 1325 [Unpublished deeds in PRO]
Woueran
1326 [Black Book of St
David's, ed J. W. Willis Bund.
Cymmrodorion
Record Series 5, London 1902]
Woran
c1602 [George Owen, Description of Pembrokeshire ii 295,
Woram
(tempore) HY 8 [R. Fenton Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire 241, 1513
[Episcopal Registers of St David's]
1535
[Valor Ecclesiasticus], 1603 [George Owen, Description of Pembrokeshire i.107,
ii 292].
Waram
(Waran) c 1566 [Reports on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language 1917].
Woraine
1539 [Calendar of Public Records relating to Pembrokeshire iii 73 H. Owen].
Warren
1684 [NLW MS 1390].
Overham
1487 & 1594 [Episcopal Registers of St David's].
Overam
1490 [Episcopal Registers of St David's].
Oram
1503 [Episcopal Registers of St David's].
Acc/to Wade - South Wales.
Warren:
A small parish in Pembrokeshire 5 miles SW of Pembroke. Its Church has a tall
tower constituting a prominent landmark, but architecturally uninteresting
though it preserves a piscina in the S Chapel and an early font. From Warren a
road runs south to the coast where the cliff scenery is exceptionally fine. A
cliff camp on a promontory encloses a circular chasm (entered at the bottom by
the waves through an arch in the face of the cliffs) which is called "The
Devil's Punchbowl" and forms a sea cauldron. Off the coast rise two
isolated rocks named the Stacks which are the breeding grounds for puffins,
guillemots, razor bills and other sea birds. They assemble in thousands at the
beginning of May and depart at the end of July. These rocks
are really in the parish of Castlemartin.
Acc/to
Lewis - A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1834.
Waren:
A parish in the hundred of Castlemartin County
of Pembroke 5 miles SW of Pembroke containing 169 inhabitants.
This
parish, which is situated in the south western part of the county is of
considerable extent reaching to the coast of the
Pre
Norman:
Phillips
suggests that Laws may have found an early Christian burial site on the southern
coast not far from Warren (P58) Laws p57.
Edward
Laws did excavate what he believed was a large early Christian Cemetery not very
far away from the Church with over 200 burials and one special burial which was
carefully covered by a large stone
slab and among the items found in the grave was a piece of limestone with a
celtic cross cut in it. One suggestion was that the cemetery dated to the 2nd
Century AD.
He also found what the local labourers described as the ruins of a chapel standing east and west 16ft by 12ft which it was believed had an east window and a stoup 14in by 8in of red sandstone was also found.
Royal
Commission on Ancient Monuments records:
This
is a much-disturbed sepulchral mound standing in a field called Church-ways
belonging to the farm of Brownslade. It was partially excavated in 1880, when
remains of burials of men, women and children where discovered on the
south-eastern side, the bodies "packed in tiers" of at least three
deep. With the remains were found a piece of fine bronze which might have been
an ear-ring, a finger-ring, and a small brass ring with a rude pattern of spots
punched on it and also a small stoup, which is now fixed in the wall of Flimston
Chapel. Mixed with the human remains were animal bones, a few limpet shells, and
a flint flake. A little to the north of this find was disinterred a human
skeleton, placed on a roughly-prepared clay surface and surrounded by rough dry
masonry; with the body was a horse's nipper, some animal bones and sea shells.
In the course of the re-interment of the human remains in the centre of the
mound, a cist burial was discovered about 3feet below the surface; the bones
were much decayed. In the cist there were some animal bones, a fragment of
wheel-turned pottery, a piece of Chert stone bored for use as a hammer, and a
block of red sandstone marked with V shaped lines. In the mound, but perhaps not
connected with any of the burials was a flat piece of limestone bearing a
roughly incised cross within a circle.
Laws -
Little England beyond Wales, 57-9, ill.).
(a)
Wheel-turned pottery.
(b) A
piece of fine bronze, possibly the remains of a finger ring.
(c) A
small brass ring.
(d) A
socketed pivot-stone, probably that of the door of the closely adjacent ruined
chapel; also a roughly hewn stoup since fixed in Flimston Chapel.
(e) A
piece of chert about the size of half a brick, with a deep hollow on each side -
possibly a cresset stone from the chapel.
(f) A
block of red sandstone with indeterminate markings.
(g) A
flat piece of limestone with roughly inscribed cross within a circle.
With
the exception of the stoup all the above are in
This
little edifice stood immediately north of the Brownslade tumulus on one of two
fields called Upper and Lower Church Hill (Tithe Schedule, No 376-7). The
remains of foundations are now practically buried beneath the sand. When opened
up in 1880 the chapel was found to be "very tiny, being only 16 feet by 12
feet and pitched with water-worn stones". (Laws p57).
St
Mary Church Parish of Castlemartin.
Restored
in 1855 altering its appearance but barrel vaulting in nave and south transept
suggests 13c. It has a tower with octagonal steeple.
Church
closed - restored - and reopened 1988 by the German Army bases at Castlemartin.
The
church has an unusual plan. The chancel has a north wall in line with the three
bay arcade between a wider nave and a north aide with a squint. Tiny chapels
open off the SW corner of the chancel and SE corner of the nave, and a small
gabled tower stands north of the aisle. The whole south side was rebuilt in
1870, in the porch is a tiny figure of a civilian under a canopy. There is a
scalloped Late Norman font.
The
lofty west tower has lancet belfry windows. The nave, south porch, and south
transept are vaulted. They are 13th century but the windows have been renewed.
The chancel was rebuilt in 1855. The porch has corbels for the beams of an upper
floor.
There
appears to be no very early mention of this church, which seems to have always
been in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Davids as record show that the Warren
estate was held by the Bishops from before 1293.
Woram.
- Vicaria ibidem ex collacione dicti episcopi [Meneven'] unde Johannes Howell
est vicarius. lilt valet per annum iiijli. x8. Inde sol' in sinodalibus et
procuracionibus quolibet anno, ijs. Et remanet dare £4 8s. Inde decima 8s. 5d.
- Valor Eccl.
Under
the heading “Livings Discharged”:- Warren alias Woran V. (St. Mary). Svn.
and Prox. quolibet anno, 2s. Bishop of St. Davids, Impr. and Patr. Clear yearly
value £10. King's Books, £4 8s. 11/2d. - Bacon's Liber Regis.
On 20
June, 1638, this living, together with the parsonage and church of Lamphey with
the glebeland, was leased by the Bishop to Thomas Mayarld, gent., for 21 years,
at the annual rent of £26 13s. 4d.
On 26
Dec., 1851, the vicarages of Warren and Twinnells were united under an Order in
Council.
1770
November 30
Abr[aha]m
Leach to the Rev. Mr Archdeacon [george] Holcombe at Pulcroghan
Lucas MS 1062.
Registers
Birth Deaths and Marriages in NLW start 1813.
Bishop's
Transcripts NLW start 1799.
………………………..
Church
very similar in basic outline to many others in the area; oldest of which is
probably St Daniel's. Was the
original tower added at the same time? One
of a line of churches on the high ground running down the centre of the
peninsular.
(See
Commission. Ent on
Ancient Monuments
parts 13c).
Royal
Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire.
Parish
of Warren:
The
Parish Church Dedicated to St
Mary
The
building consists of chancel (33ft by 16ft) nave (44ft by 18 1/2ft), South
Transept (15 3/4ft by11ft) tower at
west end with short spire (19ft by
14ft) and south porch. The structure was restored in 1855 when the windows were
renewed and the chancel rebuilt (Arch. Camb. 1856 III ii 331). The chancel arch
and that to the south aisle are modern. The nave, south transept, porch and
ground stage of the tower have plain barrel vaults of 13c date. In the south
east angle of the south transept is a plain aumbry; in the east wall are traces
of a blocked window with a pointed arch. Many corbels are still in situ, notably
those of the rood screen on the west face of the chancel arch. The tower has a
pronounced batter, and is crowned with a corbel table and parapet. The spire has
been rebuilt in stone in succession to a former wooden one which had become
unsafe. The font basin (26 inches square externally and 21 ½ inches internally)
is perfectly plain, and bears marks of having had a hinged cover. It stands on a
circular shaft and square base.
Churchyard
Cross: In the churchyard is a restored cross, the shaft and head in one piece;
it stands upon a base of three steps. Visited 24th May 1922.
The
area has been inhabited from early times as the name Longstone (owned partly by
Sir Hugh Owen and partly by John Campbell and tenanted by Roger Hitching in
1791) is believed to have contained the site of an old burial mound.
Medieval
Records relating to the Diocese of St David's - Francis Jones.
1291:
The Church does not appear in the Taxatio of Pope Nicholas.
Warren
P14
Warren
was part of the Prebend of Brawdy in Dewsland in 1293 and was appropriated to
the Bishop's table prior to episcopate of Thomas Beck.(Bishop from 1280 to 1293)
West Wales Historical records V 165 6.
Inventory
of the Goods of the Bishop of St David’s 1293 PRO KR, Inventories
E145/1/48.
Inventory
of the goods of the lord Thomas, (Beck) Bishop of St David's, made in the manors
underwritten after his death in the presence of the lord Ralph de Broughton
keeper of the said Bishopric, the see being vacant, and the lord King's deputies
William de Bruer and John de Forneis, by oath of the faithful subjects of the
king, sworn on Monday next after the Ascension of Our Lord, 21 Edward I, 1293.
Woueran
pars p'bende de Breudy (Warren Pembs).
There
is there 1 stack of wheat estimated at 35 cribs worth £6. 2. 6d at 3s 6d per
crib. 10 cribs of beans and
peas worth 30s at 3s per crib. 20 cribs of barley worth 55s at 2s 9d per crib. 8
cribs of oats worth 36s at 4s 6d per crib.
Total
£12 3s 6d
Extract
from the Black Book of St David's 1326.
Woueran.
Profits
Master John the Chaplain, Gilbert Lawrence, and John Bole, the jurors there on their oaths present that
the
Lord has a grange
there and a plot of land
as a haggard, and they are worth yearly
to let
12d
They
also present that there is a chapel
there annexed to the
prebend of the Lord Bishop and it is worth yearly
£20
Total
£20 0s 12d
Taxpayers
Item, they say that John
the Chaplain of the parish
there holds a plot,
building
and curtilage, with 6 1/2 acres
of land, as they compute
the aforesaid plot which was formerly the property of Master Gilbert the
chaplain, and he pays yearly in
equal portions,
at
Easter and Michaelmas,
7s 6d
Item,
Gilbert Lawrence
holds a plot with curtilage,
and
pays yearly at the same times
12d
Item,
John Cole
holds a plot, buildings and
curtilage with 2 1/2 acres, and 6 virgates
of land, and pays yearly
at Easter 21 1/2d
and at
Michaelmas
21 3/4d
Item,
Adam Ricarfd
holds a plot with
curtilage, 3 stangs
and 28 virgates of land
and pays yearly at Easter
11 1/2d
and at
Michaelmas
11 1/4d
Total Acres, 10 and 4 virgates
Total rents in money,
14s
Services
And
all the aforesaid ought in the autumn
to stack the sheaves
of corn
in the Lord's field
for a day, the Lord finding food,
and the value of each
service is 1d. And they give for a heriot the best beast; and if they have no beast
they give that amount of a
year's rent, and they do service in war time as the tenants of Lantefey.
And there is, as aforesaid
at Lantefey a common fine
for simple breach, and
they do suit of Court
generally, and also where
there is any difficult of doubtful business, as the tenants of Lantefey, of the
same tenure.
And if any of them die
suddenly or without will, all his goods are forfeited
to the Lord; and after
their death the Lord is able to give or
to sell them to whoever he wishes at his pleasure. Yet they present that the
custom
formerly was that the
nearest in blood should be preferred to the
others, by special favour of the Lord. And they ought to keep the prisoners,
and escort them to
Lantefey.
A
section under Lamphey in The Black Book of St David's reads:-
Item
William Harald
holds 2 carucates of land at Woveran and pays
in every third year on the Kalends of May 2s. or 2 sheep
at the option of the Lord
and does suit of Court
at Lawhaden
from 15 days to 15 days.
The
Episcopal Register of St Davids 1397 - 1518.
1487
May 7
1490
Oct 21
1494
Mar 21
1494
Jul 1. Richard
Sherwood (chaplain) collated to the perpetual vicarage of the parish
1502 3
Mar 16
1513
Warren
listed as among those churches exempted. The goods, church possessions and
benefices, in the diocese of St David's which have been diminished,
impoverished, and destroyed by wars, fires, ruins, inundations of rivers, and
other misfortunes and chances deservedly to be excused from payment of the said
four tenths.
………………………..
1265
10 May Hereford.
Whereas
John de Warenna and William de Valencia with armed men to the number of about a
hundred and twenty men as well horse as foot, have now landed in the parts of
Pembroke and keep themselves there, and many adversaries of the king and the
realm from beyond seas, if they knew of their landing which has been made
without the king's knowledge and will, as their leaving the realm was made
peacefully and without impediment, would prepare to enter the realm with more
will and spirit, to disturb the peace, or to give aid to the said John and
William if they proposed to grieve to the realm; the king has commanded the
barons and bailiffs of the ports to keep their shore manfully and strongly
against the invasion of anyone; and whereas the king has appointed
and aid to the said Brian, in the keeping of the peace and especially in
the defence of the maritime parts there; and if any are disobedient or remiss in
executing the kings mandates, the king will betake him forthwith to their
persons and goods, notwithstanding any liberty, as against those who care not
whether the kings and realm be given over to confusion and disherison.
Mandate to the said Brian to be keeper of the peace of the counties
accordingly; and the king has commanded the sheriff to be of aid and counsel to
him. And as false rumours are being spread of the king, whereby trouble may be
again stirred in the realm, the king has written to the said sheriff in the form
of these presents, and if the sheriff is lax, the said Brian is to urge him to
be diligent for the love of the king and the common utility of the realm.
Patent
Roll, 49 Henry III, m. 16 (Cal., pp423 4).
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1326.
William Harold of Haroldstone held Warren of the Bishop. He was the William
Harold of Haverford who did homage to the King in 1301 and also is recorded as a
witness to a grant of land at Llawhadden to the chapter of St David's. His
grandaughter and heiress Alice married Peter Perot of Jestington
around 1349.
George
Owen - Pembrokeshire Families. p64.
1534.
William Waren or Warren was the last prior of Pembroke.
(MS
Col Vol xxvii fol 122b).
1535.
First actual record of the Church in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII.
when
the value is recorded as £4 8s and
the Vicar was John Howell.
Bacon's
Liber Regis gives the clear yearly value as £10 and King's books value as £4
8s 1/2d.
Extent
of the Episcopal Possessions of St David's.
20th
July 1st year of the reign of Henry VIII
"Item.
feodum ejusdem Jacobi et Thomae: Custod: Park: et Warren, de Lanfey, ut de feodo
consueto £3 0s 0d.
Bishop
Barlow's Alienation of Lanfey from the see of St David's included de Woram.
All of
which he granted to Henry VIII his heirs and successors in fee.
Pembrokeshire
Antiquities p36.
Henry
VIII in the 38th year of his reign grants the same to Richard Devereaux, esq.,
and his heirs for ever by knights service, paying annually £3 13s 9d by writ of
privy seal.
1606.
George Owen records in the Taylor's Cussion the parish of Warren as having 3
freeholders and 14 householders. [I believe
his handwriting is very difficult to understand.] The Warren family that
he records though are of Trewern north Pembrokeshire.
1638 June 20th?
1650.
An inquisition on Church lands, impropriations, preaching and related
subjects (Lambeth MS
915), record that the minister of Warren was not approved of by the Commission
and was ejected and the profits sequestered. Was he replaced ? See list of
vicars.
1662
April. Act of Uniformity required all ministers to give their assent to the
rites and liturgy of the Church. 130 Puritain ministers left their livings many
being replaced with those they had ejected 12 years before.
[The
History of Wales - J. Graham Jones].
1710.
Erasmus Saunders records that the living of Warren was valued at £10 per year
(one of the poorest in the area). St Twinnels was valued at £24 and
Castlemartin £20. He says that there being several churches where we are but
rarely, if at all, to meet with Preaching, Catechising or Administering of the
Holy Communion. In others the Service of the prayers is but partly Read, and
that perhaps but once a month, or perhaps once in a quarter of a year; not is it
indeed reasonable to expect that
1762
October 16th.
Letter
from Bishop Samual Squire of St David's to Mr Holcombe [his newly appointed
Agent] re estates belonging to the Diocese of St David's about which "parts
of the lands I have reason to believe, have from time to time, been transferred
by fraudulent leasees to other owners without the bishops or their agents
knowing anything of the matter".
One of
the Estates mentioned was that of Warren Rectory leases to Mr Bar. Blaine
in 1751.
Church
in Wales MS SD/LET/1827.
1770
November 30
Some
little time ago I took the liberty of mentioning to you an inconvenience which
attended Warren Church and Chancel from a vacant aisle adjoining the body of the
Church. On a fair survey I find that it's not made the least use of by the
parishioners and contributes greatly to make the church very damp, the water in
rainy seasons running in streams into the church through the roof and gutter
though its vaulted, the parishioners not attending to the repairs as its not
made use of. I made a proposal to the parishioners that if they would give me
leave I would pull down the aisle and fill up the arch, which would make the
church more dry and comfortable. They all consented but one, whose only reason
is that some of his wife's family were buried there some years past. As the
church is so large and burying ground enough
1786
Land Tax returns: Henry Leach paid £4 on the Great Tithe of Warren; he died the
next year age 87. [Pembrokeshire Historian no7 page 38 has much
information on Leach's family and yeoman stock in the Castlemartin area]. Henry
made his fortune as a merchant in Pembroke then invested in property; acquired
Corston and also had investments in mining. It was Henry's son Abraham who
wrote the letter above and who took over his fathers business interests and
increased the family fortune substantially.
1846
State of Education in Wales p393.
Dec.
20th
St
Twinnells: A church Sunday School is held in the vicarage of this parish (which
is served by the same clergyman as St Nicholas Monkton), and in the room of the
agricultural school at Warren, alternately.
Dec 18th.
Parish
of Warren: The Earl of Cawder's Agricultural School. Deep snow and few children
present. Schoolroom fitted with a gallery of desks and well supplied with
apparatus. About to be enlarged from 24ft to 40ft in length with new gallery and
wooden instead of concrete floor. Course of instruction comprehensive but did
not include English History. Schoolroom,
master's dwelling and some farm buildings included in the same range. Master
occupies buildings rent-free + 5 acres of land at an annual rent of £1 per acre
on which he has liberty to employ the scholars from 11am to midday and from
3.30pm to 4.30pm during which time a needlemistress instructs the girls. She is
remunerated by the profit of their work. Pupils pay 1d per week books provided.
Day school intended to be self-supporting. So far as the master receives any
direct salary it is as master of the Sunday school.
1851.
Census
of religious buildings 1851
Parish
Pop 124
63m 61f
Endowed;
land (bounty) £31; tithe £50,
glebe £12, permanent endowment £5; fees 10s.
Space:
free 14 exclusive of the chancel where a few benches are occasionally placed.
Average Congregation morning 40 -50 +10 -15 scholars,
afternoon 40 - 50 + 10 -15 scholars.
Remarks:
Warren is a small Parish consisting of three farms only with a few small
cottages tenanted by poor labourers and families who are mostly Dissenters or
Independents whose place of worship is situated in a neighbouring Parish
although they occasionally attend Church.
Thomas
Dalton Vicar.
..........
Restored
in 1855 altering its appearance.
1855,
6, 7. Restored at cost of Lord Cawder by David Brandon
architect London. James
Rogers of Tenby contractor cost £629 + £82 for Minton Tiles.
(Carmarthen
PRO Cawder Box 223 & 140).
Letter
from David Brandon to Lord Cawder "When
I examined the stonework of the spire, I
found it much more decayed than anticipated. All the external face had crumbled,
particularly on the Southwest side due to the vegetation covering it. It
lets water through into the Church. It cannot be repaired and must either be
rebuilt or cased in Forest of Dean stone 5 to 6 inches thick".
(Letter
CRO Cawder Box 140).
[not
clear which optioned followed, but
it was "not quite finished" in another letter of 30 Dec 1857.
**
work in the church included new windows, new floor, new pews, new pulpit and
reading desk; all designed by Brandon **
1867.
Stained glass window to Major (died 22 April 1864 aged 69) and Mrs Leach (died
1861) of Corston by Hearman of London [a good firm] (Cambrian 29 March 1867).
[This
may be the east window, the subject shown was "Jesus rising from the
tomb" however see 1922]. Their eldest son Henry inherited.
(NLW
St David's Faculty paper 672).
1894.
Stained glass window put up to Archdeacon Edwards (St David's Archdeaconary
Magazine Dec 1894).
1905.
Henry Leach of Corston buried at Warren [died 20 June] [see Pembroke
Historian vol7 p 50].
1922.
His widow died March 1922 aged 86.
1922
the stained glass window in the TRANSEPT "erected 60 years ago by General
Leach?" was removed by the family and another one substituted in its place.
The old one was "never satisfactory to the family" and was destroyed.
1924.
Stained glass window put up to Major General Leach who died in Bath 7 Aug
1923 aged 86 and to Henry Ince of Trecwn by Lady Leach [Ince was her uncle]
'This is the 3rd Leach window in the Church".
(Pembs
Telegraph 25 Aug 1924).
1930's
Memorial to General Leach - stone plaque on wall may be by Eric Gill,
sculptor. Brigadier General Sir Edmund Burleigh Leach CB CMG CVO died
without issue 16th Aug 1936 ending the Leach association with Corston.
1970's.
Closed.
In
1986 the Warren Church Trust was formed as it was realised that there was a need
for a place of worship for the many troops who visited the Castlemartin R.A.C.
Range. The British and German Forces based at the
Unfortunately
on the 25th January 1990, during a hurricane with winds gusting up to 112 mph,
the recently restored roof was blown off, and had to be replaced.
From
article by Rev. Hill in Link Up:
Warren
Church has a much travelled organ. Built in 1842, it is reputed to have
originally belonged to Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1857). It was then moved to the
church at Sibton Suffolk. In 1867 it was bought by F. & E. Mirehouse for St
Mary's Church Angle. 20 years later it was moved from Angle to St Michaell's
Castlemartin where it remained until 1988.The organ underwent a major
restoration in 1916, paid for by Cecil Elinor Lambton as a memorial to her
grandmother, Mary Levett, the daughter of John Mirehouse of Angle and Brownslade.
By
1988 it was again in need of restoration, and by a happy inspiration was
included in the restoration work at
Lange
William
1543
Waran
PRO223/423 Churchwarden
ap
John
John
1543 Waran
PRO223/423 Churchwarden
Hearth
Tax 1670.
Bedford
William
1670
Bennet
Mary
1670
Demont
John
1670
Gough
Thomas
1670
Gough
Thomas
1670
Gough
Reese
1670
Gough
William
1670
Hire
Francis
1670
Hoode
Richard
1670
Hoode
Hughes
Boulton
1670
Llewhelin
Rice
1670
Meredith
George
1670
Nicholas
Henry
1670
Phillip
Morrice
1670
Phillips
Tabitha
1670
Phillp
Paull
1670
Philp
John
1670
Proute
James
1670
Rowe
Joseph
1670
Russen
John
1670
Snapp
Anne
1670
Tasker
William
1670
Tasker
William
1670
Thomas
Thomas
1670
Thomas
Richard
1670
Thomas
William
1670
Tucker
Rowland
1670
Whitto
George
1670
Whittoe
John
1670
Clergy
Howell
John
1535 6
Loveling
William
1613
Loveling
Mathias
1629
Jul 4
Also
vicar of Castlemartin was the son of the previous vicar and matriculated at
Jesus College Oxford on 20th June 1623 age 20. The administration of the effects
of "Mathew" Loveling, dated 12 Dec 1671 describes him as "clerk
of the parish of Castlemartin". Described
as Matthew Llewelling, he is said to have been turned out of this benefice for
insufficiency by the Commissioners for Propogation.
Loveling
William
1672
Sep 23
Also
vicar of Castlemartin his will was proved at Carmarthen on 21st Jan 1712.
Loveling
Thomas
1718
Mar 10
Also
vicar of Castlemartin. He was the son of William Loveling of Castlemartin,
clerk, and matriculated at Lincoln College Oxford on 17 Dec 1703 age 19
From Fenton
Tours Page 407 published 1810.
(Castlemartin)
"In the Churchyard a neat gravestone commemorates an old lady of the
name of Lovelyn, widow of a former rector, who died at the very advanced age of
104. She was mother to Lovelyn, of Trinity College Oxford, who published a book
of poems, elegant specimens of classical latinity, but more honourable to his
muse than his morals." (Unfortunately I have been unable to obtain a copy so I cannot comment.
Rees
John
1760 Apr 26 Warren
vicar
Lloyd
Thomas
1765 Aug 3
Warren vicar
Jones
John
1770 Apr 21
Warren vicar
Dalton
Thomas
1820 Feb 8
Warren vicar
parish
of Warren and St Twinnells united under an order in council 26th Dec 1851
Nares
Owen Alexander 1859
Apr 15 Warren
vicar
Reed
William
1866 Mar 7 Warren
vicar
Edmondes
Charles Gresford 1882
Jul 11 Warren
vicar
Matthews
William
1888 Dec 1
Warren vicar
Jones
Daniel
1903 Jul 29
Warren vicar
Gabriel
Gwilym Philip
1907
Nov 18 Warren
vicar
Baine
Bar
1762 Oct 16
Church
in Wales MS SD\LET\1827.
Land
Tax 1791.
Warren
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Philps
Wm (tenant)
Warren
Addligutter
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Addligutter
Llewhelling
Philip
(tenant)
Warren
Addligutter
Owen
Sir Hugh
(owner)
Warren
Glebe & Vicarage
Jones
Rev Mr (owner)
Warren
Glebe and Vicarage
Price
Richard (tenant)
Warren
Gospool
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Gospool
Edwards
James (tenant)
Warren
Gospool
Owen
Sir Hugh
(owner)
Warren
Great Tythe
Leach
Mr (owner)
Warren
Hermigate Field
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Hermigate Field
Young
Jonathan (tenant)
Warren
Longstone
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Longstone
Hitching
Roger (tenant)
Warren
Longstone
Owen
Sir Hugh
(owner)
Warren
Merrion Court
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Merrion Court
Philps
Thomas (tenant)
Warren
Merrion and North Hill
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Merrion and North Hill
Thomas
James (tenant)
Warren
Southrow Field
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Southrow Field
Gough
Roger (tenant)
Warren
Town End
Philps
Thos (tenant)
Warren
Towns End
Hay
Mr (owner)
Warren
Towns end
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
Towns end
Hitching
Roger (tenant)
Warren
Two Fields
Cod
John (tenant)
Warren
and Merrion
Campbell
John (owner)
Warren
and Merrion
Carrow
Mr (tenant)
Warren
two Fields
Campbell
John (owner)
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Miniature
Tower House near St Florence equipped with fireplaces and chimneys
upper floor supported by stone barrel vaulted undercroft.
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West
Williamston
(035058)
West
Williamston. One of the great limestone quarrying centres of the past century.
Look at the O.S. 1:50,000 map to obtain a vivid impression of the extent of the
workings and of the "locks'' used by barges to load up with limestone
blocks and rubble. At the turn of the century the quarries employed 150 men, and
limestone from here was used for the building of Pembroke Dockyard. Now the
village has declined greatly having lost its church, its pubs and its quarrymen.
There is an Oiled Bird Centre in one of the farm buildings, managed by members
of the West Wales Naturalists' Trust.
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Whitchurch
in Dewisland
Jottings
The
vicarage of Whitchurch appears to have belonged to the chapter of St. David’s
Cathedral as far back, at all events, as the year 1402, and has remained in the
patronage of the chapter down to the present date.
Described
as Ecclesia Albi Monasterii, this church was in 1291 assessed at £6 13s 4d. for
tenths for the King, the sum payable being 13s. 4d. - Taxatio.
Whitechurche.
- Vicaria ibidem cujus dorninus Arnoldus Robyn est vicarius perpetues ad
collacionem canonicorum ecclesie cathedralis Menesrensis speetan' valet communi-bus
annis in decimis garbarurn caseorum lane agnel-lorum feni mellis oblacion' ter
in anno et aliis provencon' ibidem ut de tercia parte omnium emolimentorum
ejusdem ecclesie sive vicarie vjli inde sol/ in procuracione ordinario loci
quolibet tercio anno in visitacione ordinaria iiijS vjd. Et remanet clare 115S.
6d.Inde decima 11s. 6d. - Valor Eccl.
Under
the heading “Livings Discharged”:- Whit-church Eglwyswen V. (St. David).
Prox. quolibet tertio anno, 4s. 6d. Val. per ann. in decim. garb. foen. cas. lan.
agn.@ &c. Chanter and Chapter of St. Davids Patr. The Chapter and vicars
Choral Impr. Clear yearly value £20. King's Books, £5 15s. 6d. - Bacon's
Liber Regis.
There
is very little on record about the church. It appears from a report of the case
of Meyler v. Bright which was tried at Hereford in 1829, that the roof of the
church had some years previously fallen in, and had also been repaired before
that date, and that a stone seat ran round the sides of the aisles. - Felix
Farley's Bristol Journal for 29 Aug., 1829.
The
rectorial tithes of Whitchurch have from the year 1711 been included in the
lease of the St. David’s tithes. The vicarage of Whitchurch was united to the
rectory of St. Elvis by an Order in Council dated 15 Jan., 1842.
Presentations
to the vicarage of Whitchurch were made by the precentor and chapter of St.
David’s Cathedral.
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Whitechurch
Jottings
(152364
Church
St Michael
Acc/to
The Old Parish Churches of South West Wales - Mike Salter 1994.
Church
on ancient foundations but has been completely rebuilt 1872 and lack old
features.
This
rectory up to 1594 was appendant to the barony of Kemes, with alternate
presentations thereto by the lord of Kemes and the freeholders of that parish (Owen's
Pem.), and the patronage is now vested in the Lord of Kemes.
Under
the name Ecclesia Alba, this church was assessed in 1291 at £5 6s. 8d. - Taxatio.
Ecclesia
Alba. - Ecclesia ibidem ex presentacione di-versorum patronorum ibidem David
Howell elericus est rector valet communibus annis £6. Inde decima, 12S. - Valor
Eccl.
Under
the heading “Livings Discharged”:- Alba alias Whitchurch (Eglwys Wen) (St.
Michael). William Lloyd, 13sq., 1714; Thomas Lloyd, Esq., and Anne his wife,
1759, 1763. Clear yearly value £30. King's Books, £6. - Bacon's Liber Regis.
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Wiston
(SN 023180)
Weston.
Manorial settlement founded by Wizo the Fleming early in the twelfth century.
There was once a castle here with a motte crowned by a shell keep, but the whole
castle site is now derelict. Shell keeps are rare in West Wales. Built between
1100 and 1130 by Wizo captured by the Welsh in 1147 and again in 1193 and
destroyed by Llewelyn in 1220 site then abandoned in favour of Picton. Opposite
the castle site is a typical Little England church, extensively restored in
1864. On nearby Colby Moor, in the year 1645, Royalist Forces were routed by the
Parliamentarians under Col. Rowland Laugharne.
Castle
and Church first documented in the period 1115 - 47 but Wizo died before 1130.
Weekly
market discontinued by George Owen's time but the yearly fair was still held.
1710.
Mayor and burgesses petitioned Parliament emphasising that their town was an
ancient borough.
WISTON
St Mary
The
nave is 13th century but has Victorian windows. The chancel arch and blocked
south doorway are pointed but the north doorway is round headed. The long
chancel with roughcast walls may be later. The west tower is 14th century. The
vaulted north porch with an ogival outer arch and a basin on each side is early
13th century.
Described
as 'Ecclesia Sanctse Atari e de Castro Wiz,' this church was granted by Wizo,
lord of Wiston, his son Walter, and Walter the son of the said Walter, to the
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. - Anselm's Confirm. Charter.
On the
dissolution of the preceptory of Slebech, the advowson came into the hands of
the Crown, and subsequently it appears to have been acquired by the Wogans of
Wiston.
About
the time of the Restoration, a belief seems to have existed that the advowson
was owned by Thomas Wogan of Wiston, the Regicide, as a warrant was issued on 15
Sept., 1662, for a grant to the bishops of London and Winchester, Sir Robert
Hyde and Dr. William Thomas, of the rectory, tithes, &c., of Wiston, co.
Pembroke, 'lately belonging to Thomas Wogan, attainted of high treason, in trust
for the maintenance of a minister there, if requisite, or of ministers in and
about London or elsewhere.' - State Papers. Presumably this grant was never
proceeded with, as the same records state that in May 1663 a grant was made to
Col. Robert Werden and Charles Parker, of the estate, manor, and rectory of
Wiston, and barony of Dungleddy, co. Pembroke, forfeited by the attainder of
Thomas Wogan. If Thomas Wogan did own the property it seems most probable that
the latter grant took effect, and that the purchase by Werden and Parker was
made either on behalf of the Wogan family or else that the Wogans acquired the
interest of the grantees therein.
It
seems however much more likely that Thomas Wogan did not own either the Wiston
estate or the advowson of the church, because although Thomas Wogan was
evidently alive in 1664 - a proclamation having been issued on 27 July in that
year (State Papers) for his apprehension, he, having with others escaped from
the Tower of London - we find that his nephew Henry Wogan by his will dated 7
Feb., 1662, and proved in London on 9 Feb., 1662, devised all his lands in
Wiston, with all rents and tithes belonging to the rectory thereof, to his wife
and his mother for their lives, with remainder to his uncle Rowland Wogan. - l
Laud, fol. 30.
In any
event the advowson continued in the hands of the Wogans of Wiston until 15
Sept., 1794, when Minor (wife of Thomas Roberts of Haverfordwest) and Susan
Wogan (the two coheiresses of John Wogan of Wiston, the last male of his line)
entered into an agreement for the sale of the rectory and estate of Wiston, to
John Campbell of Stackpole Court, Pems., Esq., whose descendants still own the
advowson and estate.
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Wolfscastle
Originally an Iron-age fortified settlement. Fenton (1808) is reputed to have found Roman Tesserae near here but in about 1080 was the site of a Norman Motte.
CASTRUM
LUPI (Wolfscastle - Cas Blaidd, Pembs.)
Item,
there is at Castrum Lupi a mansio worth 4s. per annum. 1 caracute of land worth
10s. per annum. There is a certain meadows worth 12s. per annum. There is a certain
water mill farmed of old at 10s. paid at the Feast of Nativity of Our Lord. And
there are rents of assize of certain tenants paid at the Feast of St. Michael,
64s. Of rent of other tenants paid at the Feast of All 16s. And 10 capons given
at the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, at 1 1/2 per capon.
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