Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pembrey

Pembrey, seaport town and par. with ry. sta., Carmarthenshire, on river Burry, 5½ miles W. of Llanelly, 14,298 ac. (178 water), 762 tidal water and 6024 foreshore, pop. 5663; P.O., T.O., called Burry Port; 1 Bank; has extensive tin and copper works, and carries on trade in coal. Pembrey Hill affords fine views. The seaport is also called BURRY PORT: which see.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Pen Bre AP/CP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place names: BURRY PORT     |     PEMBREY
Place: Pen Bre

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