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NOOKS AND CORNERS OF PEMBROKESHIRE.




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[Illustration: THE ROOD SCREEN ST. DAVIDS CATHEDRAL]




[Illustration: NOOKS & CORNERS OF PEMBROKESHIRE.

DRAWN & DESCRIBED BY
H. THORNHILL TIMMINS, F.R.C.S.

AUTHOR of
NOOKS & CORNERS OF HEREFORDSHIRE

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1895.]




PREFACE.


The kindly reception accorded to my 'Nooks and Corners of Herefordshire,'
both by the public and the press, has encouraged me (where, indeed,
encouragement was little needed) to set forth anew upon my sketching
rambles, and explore the Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire.

In chronicling the results of these peregrinations, I feel that I owe
some apology to those whose knowledge of the Shire of Pembroke is far
more thorough and intimate than my own, and upon whose preserves I may
fairly be accused of poaching. I venture to plead, in extenuation, an
inveterate love for exploring these unfrequented byways of my native
land, and for searching out and sketching those picturesque old
buildings that lend such a unique interest to its sequestered nooks and
corners.

Pembrokeshire is rich in these relics of a bygone time, but for one
reason or another they do not appear to have received the attention they
certainly deserve. Few counties can boast anything finer of their kind
than the mediaeval castles of Pembroke, Manorbere and Carew; while St.
Davids Cathedral and the ruined Palace of its