GENUKI: Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire (original) (raw)

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"The County of is 95 Miles in circumference, contains about 420000 Acres. It is divided into 7 Hundreds, in which 5 Market Towns, [two of which (viz.) Pembroke & Haverford West sends 2 Members each to Parliament] 45 Parishes & about 4329 Houses. The Air is pleasant & good, And ye Soil in ye bottom and towards ye Sea extraordinary fruitfull. some Hills & Mountains appear in ye Inland which are more barren yet feeding abundance of Sheep, Goats, Cattle, &c. Here is plenty of Fish, Fowl, Pit-Coal & Marl. In this County is Milford Haven, ye largest & most capacious Harbour in ye Kingdom." [Emanuel Bowen, Britannia Depicta, 1720]

"PEMBROKESHIRE, a maritime county of SOUTH WALES, bounded on the north-east by the south-western extremity of Cardiganshire, from which it is separated by the navigable river Teivy; on the east by Carmarthenshire, on the south-east by Carmarthen bay, on the south by the Bristol channel, and on the west and north-west by St. George's channel : on the latter side its coast forms part of the southern boundary of the great bay of Cardigan, while directly westward it is deeply indented by the broad expanse of St. Bride's bay. It extends from 51º 33' to 52º 4' (N. Lat.), and from 4º 45' to 50º 37 (W. Lon.) ; and comprises an area, according to Mr. Carey's Communications to the Board of Agriculture, of three hundred and forty-five thousand six hundred statute acres, or nearly five hundred and thirty-two square miles. The population, in 1831, was 81,424. .. More" [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis]

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