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PEMBROKE (Penfro)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 80 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PEMBROKE (Penfro) , an See also:ancient municipal See also:borough, a contributory See also:parliamentary borough and See also:county-See also:town of See also:Pembrokeshire, See also:Wales, situated on a narrow See also:peninsula at the See also:head of the See also:Pennar tidal inlet or " pill " of See also:Milford Haven. Pop. (1901), 4487; together with Pembroke See also:Dock 15,853. Pembroke is a station on the See also:South Wales See also:system of the See also:Great Western railway. The old-fashioned town, consisting chiefly of one See also:long broad See also:street, retains portions of its ancient walls. A large See also:mill-See also:dam is a conspicuous feature on the See also:north of the town. St See also:Mary's See also:church in the centre of the town possesses a massive See also:tower of the 12th See also:century. Near the ruined See also:West See also:Gate is the entrance to Pembroke See also:Castle, a splendid specimen of See also:medieval fortified See also:architecture. The circular vaulted keep erected by See also:Earl See also:William See also:Marshal (c. 1200), remains almost intact. See also:Close to the keep stands the ruined chamber wherein, according to See also:local tradition, See also:Henry VII. was See also:born in 1457. Beneath the See also:fine banqueting See also:hall, a See also:flight of steps descends into " the Wogan," a vast subterranean chamber giving See also:access to the See also:harbour.

Facing the castle, on the western See also:

side of the pill, stand the considerable remains of Monkton Priory, a See also:Benediction See also:house founded by Earl William Marshal as a See also:cell to the See also:abbey of Seez or Sayes in See also:Normandy, but under Henry VI. transferred to the abbey of St Albans. The priory church, now the See also:parish church of the suburb of Monkton, contains monuments of the families of Meyrick of See also:Bush and See also:Owen of Orielton. St See also:Daniel's See also:chapel forms a prominent landmark on the See also:ridge south of the town.

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