. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Haverfordwest for their capital,and in the peninsula of Castle Martin, to the west of Tenby. In these early daysSouthern Pembrokeshire was known as Little England, and although the Kingswrit did not then run in Wales, it was duly acknowledged in this Anglia-trans-Wallnia. The present English inhabitants may no doubt claim descent fromthese early settlers, but they have perpetually been receiving reinforcements, andthe dialect they now speak is said to resemble that of Somersetshire. Haverfordwest is picturesquely seated on the slope of a hill overlooking th
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Haverfordwest for their capital,and in the peninsula of Castle Martin, to the west of Tenby. In these early daysSouthern Pembrokeshire was known as Little England, and although the Kingswrit did not then run in Wales, it was duly acknowledged in this Anglia-trans-Wallnia. The present English inhabitants may no doubt claim descent fromthese early settlers, but they have perpetually been receiving reinforcements, andthe dialect they now speak is said to resemble that of Somersetshire. Haverfordwest is picturesquely seated on the slope of a hill overlooking theCleddau, which flows into Milford Haven, and is navigable for vessels of a burden of100 tons. It is the capital of the county. The keep of its old castle has been con-verted into a prison. Pembroke, on the south side of Milford Haven, is interestingchiefly on account of its Norman castle, the birthplace of Henry VII. (1456), nowin ruins. Pembroke Dockyard, a Government ship-building vard, defended by for- Fig. 36.—Milford midable military works, lies 2 miles north-west of the old town. A steam ferryconnects it with New Milford, where docks have been excavated in the vain hopeof this place, so favourably situated, becoming a rival of Liverpool in the tradewith America. At present only steamers plying to Cork and Waterford availthemselves of the facilities thus provided. The town of Milford lies 5 miles belowthese docks. St. Davids, the ancient Menapia, in the north-west corner of St. Brides Bay,is merely a village, but boasts of a grand old cathedral, built in 1176. Fishguardand Newport are small towns on the north coast, whence slates are , at the other extremity of the county, is a delightful watering-place, itsneighbourhood abounding in charming walks and drives. The ruins of aNorman castle crown the summit of a promontory. Saundersfoot, a couple ofmiles to the north, has collieries and iron works. CAEMARTHENSHIEE—GLAMOEGANSHIEE. 69 Carmarthen (Caerf
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