Jameston (also spelled Jamestown) is a village in the

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and

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Manorbier Manorbier (; ) is a village, Community (Wales), community and parish on the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The name means the 'Manorialism, Manor of Saint Pyr, Pŷr'. The community includes Jameston, Lydstep and Manorbier Newton. An Wa ...

, south

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...

, Wales, northwest of Manorbier. The population in 2011 was 634.

Description

Jameston is on an intersection of several minor roads and the A4139 Pembroke to

Tenby Tenby () is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies within Carmarthen Bay. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, the 13th-century Tenby Town Walls, me ...

road. A 16th century pub, the ''Swanlake Inn'', is in the village. The nearest railway station is

Manorbier railway station Manorbier railway station is in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Pembroke Dock branch of the West Wales Line is operated by Transport for Wales Rail, who also manage the station. It is north of Manorbier Manorbier (; ) is a village, Community ...

History

There is some dispute as to whether Jameston was occupied before Norman times. Jameston in the 11th century was a manor, part of the large estate of Manorbier, and was granted to Odo de Barri, the grandfather of

Giraldus Cambrensis Gerald of Wales (; ; ; ) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taught in France and visited Rome several times, meeting the Pope. He ...

, for services relating to the Norman conquest. Jameston was recorded as “apud Sanctu Jacob” in 1295 and in 1331 as “Saint Jameston”. An ''Originalia Roll'' of 1330 mention several citizens of Jameston (described as a “township”) whose chattels are valued. They are all described as “fugitive”. Jameston is mentioned two years later in an order to Richard Simond, steward of Pembroke, in an argument over the ownership of land. The de Barri line ended in 1392 and the lands were sold to the Dukes of Exeter, but reverted to the crown in 1461. After that, the manor was leased until the 20th century. A chapel was marked on a 1578 map and there was an annual fair in the 16th century (held on St James's Day). The fair was listed in the Cambrian Register of 1796 as "small". In the late 17th century Jameston encompassed seven farms, ten houses and a cottage. The village has changed in size very little in several centuries with many village buildings being 18th and 19th century until 20th century housing development began. There was a small school in 1837.

Worship

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meetings were being held in Jameston from about 1714 to 1777. In 1828 a

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chapel was established in the village.

Village association

While it is in the community and parish of Manorbier, Jameston has its own community association and the village community centre was opened in 2013 by writer and adventurer

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