A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CALDY ISLAND, or Inys-Pyr, an extra-parochial island in the district and county of Pembroke; near Giltar-head, on the SW side of Carmarthen bay, 2½ miles S of Tenby. Its length is about a mile; and its area, 462 acres. Pop., with St. Margaret's Island, 73. Houses, 16. Upwards of one-third is in good cultivation; and limestone is found. A priory was founded here, in the time of Henry I., by Robert de Tours, and made a cell to Dogmaels abbey; and some remains of it, including the church tower, still exist. The residence ofKynaston, Esq., the proprietor of the island, adjoins the ruins. Several islets and shoals are adjacent to the coast; a lighthouse, built in 1829, showing a fixed light, partly bright and partly red, at a height of 210 feet, is on the south side; and there is good anchorage on the north.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial island" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place names: | CALDY ISLAND | CALDY ISLAND OR INYS PYR | INYS PYR |
| Place: | Caldy Island |
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