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= Jameston = Jameston is an ancient village originally known as 'Saint' Jameston and is surrounded by long strips of open field reminiscent of Medieval village plans. It is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales covering an area of 13 Hectares with the built up area measuring approximately 0.5 km x 0.5 km. It sits on the A4139 between Tenby (10 Km) and Pembroke (8km). Overwhelmingly residential, there are two pubs, a shop and a caravan site at the East end of the village.

In the 17th century Jameston was the second largest village in the manor of Manorbier (2.3 km) and had seven substantial farms, ten houses and one cottage. Much of the modern village however consists of 20th century buildings

The village is approximately 0.7 km from a railway line (the site of Beavers Hill Halt, closed in 1964) which was constructed by the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Company. The line opened in Thursday 30th July 1863.The nearest station today is Manorbier and is approximately 1.6 Km from Jameston.

Two old properties in the village the Swanlake Inn (a pub known for a time as the Railway Inn) and Plough Cottage have massive square Flemish chimneys that were once common in the area.

Jameston was an important local religious centre with a Quaker meeting house, burial ground and a small chapel that was built in the 1828. There is also a small Mission Hall in the village which houses a memorial to local men killed in 2 world wars in the Mission Hall. The Mission Hall was extended in 2012 to act as a resource for the whole village.