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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))
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| Feature Description: | "seaport town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Pen Bre Parish Carmarthenshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BURRY PORT | PEMBREY |
| Place: | Pen Bre |
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