Nnepott, a em-port 7 miles E.N.E. from Fieleguard, population of the parish 1716 in 1851, is situated at the mouth of the Nevem, which empties itself Into the Hay of Newport. There are some remains of an ancient castle. Slates are quarried on the coast and chipped at Newport. There is good salmon-Gelling in the Never-n. The market is on Friday : faire are held oo June 27th and October 10th.
Pater, or Pseitroke Dock, is situated within a mile of Pembroke, In which borough it is included: population of the ceelesiastical district 6136 In 1S51. The town is fleetly built and lighted with gat It has a large market-house. A considerable trade is carried on with Ireland and America The royal dockyard was removed in 1814 from Milford to this place. The dockyard establiehinerits cover 80 acres : they include an arsenal and 12 iron-roofed slips for ship-buildIng; the whole is surrounded by a high wall and strongly fortified ; large barracks, defended by bastions and a wide and deep ditch, have been recently eompleted. A new church was completed in 1848. There are a chapel of ease, chapels for Romer' Catholics, Wesleyan 3iethodieta, rind Baptiste, National and British schooheaud a temperance hall. Markets ate held on Tuesday and Friday.
Irides, a contributory borough in the Pembroke district, is 10 miles N. by E. from Pembroke. It is a email place, with a population of 774 the chief buildings are the parish ebuith and a ruined castle. A fair is held October 20th.
The following are some of the More tdrportsht villages; the popu lations are those of 1851 :— Abereastle, a 4131411 place, situated on A creek 8 miles S.1V. from Fishguard, has a well-aheltered harbour and some coasting trade. There are some large cromlechs sold other primeval remains in this neighbourhood. ifroadAaren, a pretty little watering-place on St. Ray, 0 mile, W. by S. from Haverfurdwest, is much frequented In summer. It is celebrated for the extent and hardness of its sands, and the purity of Its water. St. Dogmacl's, population of the parish 2689, a etraglin! &Mug tentage on the left bank of the Teivy, In built round the remains of St. Dogmael's Priory, about two miles from Cardigan. The priory Was founded by Martin do Tours; part of the north transept retuning]; the adjoining parish churoh was constructed with materials from this fine old building. Besides the church there are places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists (Welsh) and Baptists. Kilgerret• population of the partial 1208, a village correlating of a street half mile In length, IR situated on the left bank of the Teivy, about 4 miles ME. front Cardigan. The chief occupation is salmon-fishing by means of coracles. Slides are extensively quarried. Lahge fain for horses, cattle, &c., are held in August and November. Near the is the majestic ruin of Kligerran Castle, founded by Gilbert litrongliow in 1109. Nerern, 2 milea E. from Newport, on the right batik of the Nevern, population 1642, possesses a Norman church dedicated to St. Bryteach. In the churchyard to en ancient decorated crow' of great beauty. Sasoctersfool, a thriving coal-port, is situated on Own:earthen Bey, 5 miles N. from Tenby. The harbour is pro tected by piers, and connected by tramways with extensive anthracite collieries. North of this place are Henn Castle, a modern residence, and Amroth Castle, a splendid modern on the site of an old feudal structure. :Neu, or &diode, is a small sea-port, 4 miles E. from
St. Derider. The Wesleyan Methodists, Independents, and Baptists have plasma of worship. There are a National school and a superior echoed called Solve Academy. A small market is held on Friday. Stockpot', is a pretty village, situated on the edge of Stackpole Park, 3 miles S. from Pembroke. In this park, one of the finest In Wales, stands the manatee of Earl Cawdor.
Pembrokeshire Is In the diocese of St. David's and arohdeacotry of Caermarthen. Junius and quarter sessions are held at Haverford west county courts at 1.1shguard, lIaverfordweet, Naeberth, and Pembroke.
History mind Alit/ea/tie& — Cirahlus Carnbrensis Monts us that Pembrokeshire was conquered in the reign of Henry I. by Anna! de Montgomery, who built the first castle of Pembroke of stakes and turf. In the same reign a colony of Flemings settled in the peninsula wed of Tenby, which Is called the hundred of CA:Ale-Martin, and in the neighbourhood of Haverfordwest ; their descendants still retain much of their nationality, and the district is hence twined ' Little England beyond Wales.' Pembrokeshire is rich in antiquities. Many primeval remains are found about St. David's Head, and in the west of the county generally ; several Danish rucaml:meets may be seen near Linuey Head. The history of the see of St. David's, and a troller' of the cathedral buildings, are given under Devtn'tt, Sr. Pembroke Castle, the birthplace of henry VII, la noticed under PEetenoea. To the feudal structures already mentioned in this article we add the %Rowing :-31anorbeer Castle, near Teuby, situated among hills overlooking a wild and broken mud terminated by St. GOiThn'S Head, was founded by a Norman knight named De Barri, ancestor of Cliraldus de Bard, surnamed Cambrensis, who was burn here In 1148. At Lamphey, near Pembroke, are the remains of an episcopal palace alienated to henry VIII., and by him granted to Walter Deveroux, afterwards Viscoutit Hereford. Carew Castle, ou the road from Tenby to Pembroke, stands on a gentle elevation above a crock of Milford liar-en. The state apartments, the chapel, nod the great ball, 102 feet by 20 feet, are lighted through lofty mullioned windows, and are in good preservation; near the entrance Is a room 80 feet by 30 feet. Oh the left of the road, in approaching the village of Carew, is a lufty ancient stone cross of remarkable beauty.
Statistics: Religious Worship and Education.—lo the registration county (the population of which in 1851 wan 84,472, being 9868 lees than that of the county proper) there were 317 places of worship in 1851, of which 136 belonged to the Church of England, 82 to Metho dists, 59 to Independents, and 50 to Baptists. The total number of sittings provided was 67,004. The number of day schools was 134, with 8079 scholars ; of Sunday schools 179, with 14,846 scholars; and of evening schools for adults 2, with 31 scholars. A mechanics institute at Pembroke Dock had 276 members, with a library of 200 volumes; and a literary and scientific inetituto at Haverfordwest had 120 mem bers, with a library of 40 volumes. In 1353 the county pussessed 2 satilugs banks at Haverfordwest and Pembroke. The total amount owing to depositors on November 20th 1353 was 106,953/. (Ss. 4d.