Slebech
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| Slebech shown within Pembrokeshire | |
| Population | 124 |
| OS grid reference | SN0214 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Haverfordwest |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
Slebech was a community (prior to 1974, a parish) in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which is now part of the combined community of Uzmaston and Boulston and Slebech. Uzmaston and Boulston and Slebech is a sparsely populated community on the northern shore of the Eastern River Cleddau which shares common land boundaries with the Communities of Wiston and Llawhaden and mainly consists of farmland and woodland. Much of the community is within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and Picton Castle's stable block loft is an important breeding roost for the rare Greater Horseshoe Bat.
Slebech is situated on the upper Eastern Cleddau and was once part of the Barony of Daugleddau. In the Middle Ages Slebech belonged to the Knights Hospitallers of the Order of St John and the original church on the bank of the river was established in 1161, together with a commandery which became the headquarters of the order in West Wales. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII the lands passed to the Barlow family.
Roger Barlow was born Lancashire, in or near Barlow Hall, and sent to Spain at a young age when his father was imprisoned in the Tower of London by Henry VII. He was part of Sebastian Cabot's second voyage of 1526 and later he translated the Spanish Suma de Geographie - the account of the New World in English. At least two of his brothers were in some capacity advisors to King Henry VIII. He purchased the former Knights of Hospitalier lands from the Crown in 1546.
The estates, gardens and parkland of Picton Castle was once part of the larger Manor of Wiston, but had become a separate holding, replacing Wiston Castle by the 13th century. Picton Castle began as a motte castle and was reconstructed in stone by the Wogan family during the 13th century. In 1405 French troops supporting Owain Glyndŵr attacked and held the Castle, and it was seized again during the English Civil War in 1645 by Parliamentary forces.
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