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"SLEBECH, a parish in the hundred of DUNGLEDDY, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 4 1/2 miles (E.) from Haverfordwest, containing 353 inhabitants. This parish, which is delightfully situated on the banks of the Eastern Cleddy, and on the turnpike road from Haverfordwest to Narberth, comprises a large extent of arable and pasture land, which is all enclosed and in a good state of cultivation. The surface is pleasingly varied, and the soil generally fertile and productive: the rates are collected by the ploughland. . . A little above the village of Slebech the Eastern Cleddy river, on the northern bank of which it is situated, becomes navigable for vessels of considerable burden, and, about four miles below it, joins the Western Cleddy, these two then forming the magnificent haven of Milford. . . The church, formerly the conventual church of the commandery, and the only remaining portion of that ancient establishment, is a venerable and ancient structure, in the Norman style of architecture, pleasantly situated near the bank of the river, and embosomed in the luxuriant groves which surrounded it. . . There is a place of worship for Baptists. The commandery of the knights St. John of Jerusalem, according to Bishop Tanner, was established here prior to the year 1301 . . ." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1833).]
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Monumental Inscriptions for this parish are available from the Dyfed Family History Society.
The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.
Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:
- 1841 Census - 0464343
- 1851 Census - 0104231
- 1861 Census - 0543242
- 1871 Census - 0850851
- 1881 Census - 1342302
- 1891 Census - 6099635
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Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants
Parish entry for Slebech with Newton North from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
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See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
South Dairy English Baptist Chapel on the People's Collection Wales site
Millin Cross Calvinistic Methodist Chapel on the People's Collection Wales site
Parish registers: Christenings (1788-1806, 1813-1925), Marriages (1762-1957, 1960-71) Banns (1757-1810, 1874-5, 1941-3), Burials (1782-1807, 1813-1972) at NLW with Mf copies at Pem.RO
Copy ts BT (1799-1820) at Pem.RO
Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1799-1818, 1820-44, 1846-59, 1861-81) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Call Number: 0105190.
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
Nonconformist Chapels:
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Picton Castle. - on Castle Wales.
Various landscape photographs of the area and surrounds on the People's Collection Wales site
The transcription of the section for Slebech from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
Transcript of complete entry in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales of 1833.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Slebech to another place.
Griffiths, Bill. PHILIPPS of Picton Castle. Dyfed FHS journal, Vol 5/344. In his article on gentlemen of Pembrokeshire, who changed their names in order to inherit a significant estate, the author looks at Richard Grant, the Rev. James Gwyther, and Sir Charles Fisher.Shankland, Thomas[Rev]. Sir John Philipps of Picton, the SPCK and the Charity School Movement in Wales 1699-1737. Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, . Session 1904-05.
Charles, B G. The records of Slebech, The National Library of Wales Journal vol. v/3, Summer, 1948
Parry, John Meredydd. The Commandery of Slebech in Wales of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem . [Slebech?] : Fairwinds Publications, [1996] viii,87p : ill, facsims,maps
Taylor, Clare. The perils of a West Indian heiress: case studies of the heiress of Nathanial Phillips of Slebech (NLW's site) Welsh History Review 12
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Slebech estate, records 1292-1926 and [c. 1734]-1955 "Slebech was a preceptory or commandery (=grange) of the order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England. In 1546, following the suppression of the monasteries, Slebech was granted to Roger Barlow and Thomas Barlow, ................"
- Philipps family, of Picton Castle, manorial records 1588-1968 "Picton Castle, Slebech, Pembrokeshire, was built in early 12th century by William de Picton and his descendants still occupy the Castle today, carrying the name of Philipps since the 15th Century. .................."
- Picton Castle Estate papers 1848-1941
- Summers, James, collection of Picton Castle papers 1859-1945 "Picton Castle, Slebech, Pembrokeshire, was the seat of the Philipps families since 1469.........."
'Slebech Hall', by Mrs Phillips, etching, published 1 June 1810 - on the People's Collection Wales site
Held at the NLW ;
- Estate and family records of Barlow, Phillips and de Rutzen of Slebech, co Pembroke, C13th-C20th ; include records of the Knights Hospitallers of the Commandery of Slebech, C14th ; ministers' accounts, 1355-1485 ; manorial records C16th-C19th. The estate was bought by Nathanial Phillips in 1792 ; there are records of the Phillips' Jamaica sugar plantations, 1760-1812. Other records at Pem Archives.
- Estate and family records of Philipps of Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, C13-C20; estates mainly in Pembrokeshire, also Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire; manorial records and coal-mining records, C17-C19. Other records at Pembrokeshire Archives
Parish map (Kain/Oliver)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN029142 (Lat/Lon: 51.791863, -4.859262), Slebech which are provided by:
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Places, villages, farms etc within Slebech parish as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Barry Johnson)
- Slebech (82); Arnold's Hill, Canaston Bridge, Castle Lake Camp (Antiquity), Church Ho., Clerkenhill, Coldblow, Cresborough, High Toch, Ladies Cross, Lower Toch, Millin Brook, Millin Cross, New House, Pickle Woods, Picton Fm., Picton Park, Picton Point, Rosehill, Slebech Park, South Dairy Mountain, The Rhos.
Charcoal fired blast furnace site in Canaston Wood, near Blackpool Mill, Pembrokeshire. (Linked site forbidden 8/2023) "The first evidence for iron smelting on the site is a document of 1635 granting ..........a lease of the 'decayed mill called Canaston Myll,' .........."
Cule, John. Some Early Hospitals in Wales and the Border. National Library of Wales journal. 1977, Winter Volume XX/2. Here is an extract relating to this parish;
"Information on Slebech, the only commandery solely concerned with Wales, is sadly lacking. The old hospice itself was completely destroyed and Slebech Hall built over the site of the commandery. Lewis Glyn Cothi, in the fifteenth century wrote a cywydd comparing pilgrimages to the healing altar of St. John at Slebech Church with those to Bardsey.These journeys were scarcely in the great tradition of those hospitallers who had arrived at Slebech shortly after Pope Paschal's recognition of the Order in 1113."