CASTLE-MARTIN, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Pembrokeshire. The village stands on the coast, 5¾ miles WSW of Pembroke, and 7¼ SW of New Milford r. station; and has a post office under Pembroke. An ancient castle, of uncertain origin, or perhaps an ancient British fort, stood here; and has left some vestiges. The parish extends a considerable way, along a rugged coast; and is in the district of Pembroke. Acres, 4,867; of which 365 are water. Real property, £4,024; of which £140 are in quarries. Pop., 422. Houses, 65. The property is divided among a few. Brownslade House is a chief residence. Several ancient British and Danish remains are on the coast. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £315.* Patron, Earl Cawdor. The church is old but excellent.-The hundred contains fifteen parishes, and parts of two others; and is famous for its breed of black cattle. Acres, 48,122. Pop., 5,856. Houses, 1,035.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))