ROBESTON-WATHEN, or ROBESTON-EAST, a parish, in the union and hundred of NARBERTH, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 2
miles (W. by N.) from Narberth; containing 439 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the turnpike-road leading from
Narberth to Haverfordwest, and not far from the Canaston or East Cleddy river, which is navigable to within a few hundred
yards of its western boundary. It comprises a moderate portion of arable and pasture land, inclosed and cultivated; the
soil is fertile ; and the inhabitants are employed in agriculture, and in the procuring of limestone, which is found in
some parts of the parish of a very excellent quality, resembling that of Aberthaw, in Glamorganshire, and for the
exportation of which the river Cleddy affords every facility. The rateable annual value of property is £1246. 10. 11. The
village is seated on an eminence, and with the tower of its church rising above the thick foliage of the adjacent wood,
forms a highly picturesque object, as seen from a distance; the surrounding scenery is richly diversified; and the
prospects over the adjacent country abound with interesting and romantic features. Robeston Wathen House is a pleasing
residence, surrounded with thriving plantations, which, with some. neighbouring woods, form one of the few well-timbered
spots with which the prevailing nakedness of the county is contrasted. From the .churchyard is obtained a beautiful view
of the opposite hill, crowned with the magnificent ruins of Lawhaden Castle, apparently on the brink of a richly wooded
precipice, overhanging the river Cleddy, which flows at its base, and on the margin of which is seen the church of
Lawhaden, in a sequestered spot. The living is consolidated with the rectory of Narberth: the church, which is situated on
elevated ground, was originally a rude structure with a lofty square embattled tower, but is now a very neat little
edifice, having been lately rebuilt at a cost of £330, of which £70 were raised by a rate, £90 granted by the Church
Building Society, and the remainder the result of subscriptions from the landed proprietors and the rector. In the parish
are vestiges of a small encampment, .popularly called a _Width, but nothing of its origin is known, nor do the remains
possess any interest.