WARREN, a parish, in the hundred of CASTLEMARTIN, union of PEMBROKE and county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (S. W.)
from Pembroke; containing 117 inhabitants. This parish, situated in the southern part. of the county, is bounded on the
north by Monkton, east by St. Twinnel's, west by Castle-martin, and south by the mouth of the Bristol Channel, the view
over which is fine  and extensive; and contains by admeasurement rather more than 1000 acres, whereof 600 are amble, about
200. pas.. turey and 200 waste, cliff, down, and game covers. The soil consists of a red rab lying on a substratum of
limestone, and produces excellent and abundant crops of wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and potatoes, with clover, hay, 81c.
There are limestone quarries' worked, one being attached to each of the four farms that constitute the parish, and they
yiekl a sufficient supply of stone and lime not only for the agricultural wants of the immediate locality, but also for
the neighbouring pieces, if necessary. Within its limits is a small village named Morrian; and its rateable annual value
is returned at £780. 6. The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at £4. 8. and endowed with £400
royal bounty; and £200 parliamentary grant; net income, £83; patron, Bishop of St. David's: the tithes have been commuted
for a rent-charge of £170, of which £120, are payable to the bishop, and £50 to the vicar, who has also a glebe of 4
acres, valued at £12 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient building with a square tower, surmounted
by a spire of stone, supposed to have been erected by the Norman or Flemish settlers in the reign of Henry I., and forming
a conspicuous object on thi part of the coast: including the chancel, it is 78 feet long by 18 wide, with 12 regular pews,
more than sufficient for the accommodation of the inhabitants. In the churchyard+ is the pedestal of an old cross, in
which is inserted the head of one of the circular kind. A day school, containing about 115 children, is partly supported
by donations from Earl and Countess Cawdor, and partly by payments from the parents. According to tradition, there was a
gious house on a farm called Warren; but there are no remains of it, and the only records of its existence are the names
of several places in the immediate neighbourhood, which would appear to have been derived from such an establishment.
Vestiges of a British fortification, of circular form, and still in good preservation, may be seen on an elevated spot
east of the church: it was defended by a triple rampart, having an entrance on the west side, and appears to have been of
great strength: the area within the inner rampart, which is the most entire, is about one acre in extent It appears to
have formed a link in a chain of fortifications by which the southwestern coasts were protected from the piratical
incursions of the Saxons and Danes.