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| | GENUKI: Pembroke |
 | | "PEMBROKE, a borough, market-town, and sea-port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the hundred of Castlemartin, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (S.E. by E.) from Milford, 10 (S. by E.) from Haverfordwest, and 248 (W.) from London, containing, exclusively of the parish of Monkton, 5383 inhabitants. |
 | | The houses are built on both sides of the ridge, of which the western extremity is crowned with the magnificent ruins of the, ancient castle, and on both sides are gardens sloping down from the houses to the water's edge. |
 | | The streets are partially paved and lighted, and the inhabitants are amply supplied with excellent water from seven public conduits in different parts of the town, to which it is conveyed from a distance of half a mile, by means of pipes laid down at the expense of the corporation. |
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