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SAUNDERSFOOT, a seaport village in the S E of Pembroke; on Carmarthen bay, adjacent to the Tenby railway, 4½ miles N of Tenby. It had only 3 housesabout 1821; is now a considerable and a pretty place; has a good pier harbour, formed in 1829-32; exportsmuch coal and iron ore; and has a post-office‡ under Tenby, a r. station, and a hotel. The environs are diversified and picturesque.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seaport village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pembrokeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Saundersfoot |
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