Britannia: or a Geographical description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging.
Blome, Richard
1687
Pembrokeshire
of a fertile and apt to bear hath rich is well stored with plentifully watered with as with the which with the Sea furnish the with aboundance of excellent and water- In the of the Earth are plenty of and is well and garnished with | |
It is bounded on all parts with the except towards the North with the River which divides it from and on the East with | |
Its Extent from East to West is about 20 and from South to North about 26; and makes in circumference about 93 | |
It is divided into seven in which are numbred 145 hath been strengthened with 16 besides two commanding and is traded unto by eight whose names are as followeth. | |
the chief commodiously seated in the best part of the Country, and upon the Eastern or innermost of over which it hath two fair one leading to adjoyning, where there is a fair and a decayed And the other on the North-side, where there are two for the grinding of It is the chief being a place of good account, well frequented and inhabited by and is much resorted unto by shipping, where there is a is a place of good strength, being fortified with a on which are several having three for entrance, and also with a strong seated on a where there is a Vault which affordeth a strange called the It is a large conteining two its well built, is honoured in giving Title to the Right Honorable Earl of is governed by a and other enjoyeth several sendeth a to and its which is on is very good, and well served with | |
This is esteemed the best in all not only for its largeness, being capacious enough to gIve entertainment to about 1000 sail of Ships at one time, and to ride secure, at a good distance from one another; but also for its variety of deep and safe and nooked for to in, having within it 13 16 and 5 all which are known by their several names. | |
Hereabouts in the neighbouring Sea, and not far from the Shoar, are seated several small viz. and which three last are the largest, with some other small ones not worth the naming. | |
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St. ill seated in a barren within a of the Sea-shoar, and on the small River being destitute of so that it is exposed both to wind and storms. It is called by the from a Religious Bishop, who made it an and was once the in the and long time continued the Supream Ordinary of the And here lived a whose Wife was Sister to St. and both of them the Parents of St. the Apostle of the It was once a City of good account, but at present but small, being dismantled of its not having the benefit of a and but thinly inhabited; yet is it the of a where he hath his formerly a fair Structure, but now much out of repair, as are the of the dignisied But its dedicated to St. and is a good which is well looked after, in the midst of whose lyeth entombed the body of Earl of Father to King the Seventh. | |
This doth contein the Counties of and with some small parts in the Counties of and in all which are 308 of which 120 are and hath four viz. of St. and And in this City is a good for the Education of Youth. | |
Nigh unto this City is a called St. or from whence, in a clear Sun-shining day, may easily be discerned. And in the in these parts the have their and Also here is and at the extream point of the said sheweth it self, which is almost two mile long, and a mile and an half broad; nigh unto which are several very small ones, which together are known by the name of the and his | |
by the called a and County of it self, commodiously seated on the side of a and on a Creek of over which it hath a good which leadeth to where there is a It is a very large and fair conteining three is beautified with well-built is well inhabited, enjoyeth a good having several belonging unto the is the place where the are held, and where the is kept; and hath two weekly, on and which are very great for It is governed by a a and with of the enjoyeth several keepeth and sendeth a to It was once strengthned with a and a built by the Earls of both which were demolished in the late Wars, when it was made a And near unto this divers Gentlemen have their Seats. | |
in seated on the Sea, where it hath a commodious or for Ships, being formerly much frequented, especially by having a good enjoyed a great and its were wealthy; but in the Wars, being made a it suffered much, and was dismantled of its since which it is greatly fallen to decay to what it was; yet hath it still two weekly on and which are very good for and | |
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Nigh unto this is St. and further Southwards is the small Island of as also | |
or seated on a an indifferent good which is strengthened with a and hath a well frequented on | |
a which is but mean, as is its it is governed by a and and strengthened with a now the Habitation of a Gentleman. | |
so called in for the taking of and in governed by a and is seated on a steep Cliff, and on the Sea-shoar, where it hath a commodious Harbour for Ships; a of great trade for here taken, and hath a small on | |
seated on the foot of a high by the River near the Sea-shoar; a large but ill-built and inhabited governed by a and a hath a fair and an ancient and ruinous its is on which is good for and and here is a for which at present is much out of repair. | |
seated on the River and on a a long consisting of one is governed by a and is of chief note for its great plenty of 'twas once strengthened with a built by which hath now nothing to shew but its ruinous and its which is on is indifferently well served with | |
Near unto this is St. seated in a bottom, and on the River which affords excellent it is governed by a and and was once enriched with a famous long since | |
Footnotes: [] Its Fertility. [] Rivers. [] Its bounds. [] Extent. [] Division. [] Pembroke. [] Milford-Haven. [] Several Isles. [] St. Davids. [] St. Davids Head. [] White sand-bay Ramsey Isle. [] Haverford-west. [] Tenby. [] St. Katherins Rock. [] Calde-Isle. Narberth. [] Wiston. [] Fishgard. [] Newport. [] Kilgarven. [] St. Dogmacles. |