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CAREW, or Carey, a village and a parish in the district and county of Pembroke. The village stands on a creek of Milford haven, near the Pembroke and Tenby railway, 4 miles ENE of Pembroke. Here is a very ancient and beautiful cross, probably Saxon or Danish, of a single shaft, 14 feet high, covered with Runic carvings. The parish comprises 5,256 acres of land, and 380 of water; and its Post Town is Pembroke. Real property, £5,958; of which £458 are in quarries. Pop. 993. Houses, 216. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the princes of South Wales; was given as a dowry with Nesta, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, to Gerald de Windsor; passed to Sir Rhys ap Thomas; gave entertainment to the Earl of Richmond, on his way to Bosworth field; was, soon afterwards, the scene of a great tournament, the first show of its kind in Wales; and belongs now to the Carews of Crocomb. A fortress stood here in the times of the Welsh princes; and a magnificent mansion was added to this in the time of Henry VII. Some part of the ancient fortress seems still to exist in a shattered, ivy-clad barbican; and the shell of the added mansion still stands, and is one of the finest ruins in Wales. The architecture is rich late perpendicular; the windows are large, square, and lanternlike; and the great hall has a lofty porch, and measures 102 feet by 20. Milton House, Freestone Hall, and Wilsdon are fine mansions; and the last occupies ground on which Cromwell had his quarters when besieging Pembroke castle. Extensive limestone quarries were worked, but have been stopped. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £182.* Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is early English, with good perpendicular tower; and contains monuments of the Carews and others. The vicarage of Redberth is a separate benefice.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Carew AP/CP Pembroke RegD/PLU Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place names: | CAREW | CAREW OR CAREY | CAREY |
| Place: | Carew |
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