Burton, Pembrokeshire Burton, Pembrokeshire Burton is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is set on a hill overlooking the River Cleddau. It has views of the Cleddau estuary to the south east and west, a Hotel Bar and Restaurant "The Beggars Reach Hotel", and has a waterfront pub on the river, the "Jolly Sailor". The village has watersports and boats. Benton Castle is a grade II* listed building. The church of St Mary's is a grade II* listed building. The village has an elected community council and gives its name to an electoral ward of Pembrokeshire County Council.
High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff is reappointed in March of each year. High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Pembrokeshire. Under the Local Government Act 1888, an elected county council was set up to take over the functions of the Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions. This, and the administrative county of Pembrokeshire were abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, with Pembrokeshire forming two districts of the new county of Dyfed: South Pembrokeshire and Preseli. The High