UPTON, a parish, in the hundred of CASTLEMARTIN, union of PEMBROKE and county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 3 miles (N. E.)
from Pembroke; containing 12 inhabitants. This parish, which was withdrawn, about four years since, from the hundred of
Narberth, and included in that of Castlemartin, is exceedingly small, and inhabited only by one gentleman's family, who is
proprietor of the whole; it occupies an elevated site above a creek of Milford Haven, and is of the rateable annual value
of £250. It was formerly distinguished for its castle, which if not originally built, was anciently occupied, by the
family of Maliphant, from whom it passed by.marriage to that of Bowen. The castle and its dependencies were subsequently
purchased by Mr. Tasker, who devised his estates among his three nieces, one of whom, by marriage, conveyed the castle and
a portion of this property to the Rev. William Evans, who is now owner of the parish. The remains of the old castle,
incorporated in the buildings of the present mansion, consist principally of the entrance gateway, and the two circular
bastions by which it was defended; one of these now forming a projecting window in one of the apartments. The seat
occupies a charming situation, and commands beautiful and picturesque views of the surrounding country, and of the ruins
of Carew Castle, washed at their base by the converging estuaries which unite to form this branch of the haven. The living
is annexed to the rectory of Nash. The church, a small edifice, supposed to have been built‘ at the same time as the
castle, to which it was farmerly attached, contains some ancient monuments, among which is one having a recumbent effigy
of a warrior in complete armour, under a richly sculptured canopy of stone  a clenched hand, issuing from the wall, forms
a candelabrum for a taper, for the maintenance of which some fund has been probably left by the deceased or his relatives.
There are also several mural monuments to the more recent proprietors of the estate.