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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.
KEMESS, or CEMAES, a hundred in the N of Pembroke; containing Bayvil parish and twenty-five other parishes. It lies along the coast, from the river Teifi, at the boundary with Cardigan, to the SW corner of Fishguard bay; and is partly bounded, on the SE, by the river Cleddau, dividing it from Carmarthen. It was conquered in 1069, from Rhys ap Tudor, by Martin de Tours, who settled in it at Newport. Acres, 87, 452. Pop. in 1851, 14, 942; in 1861, 13, 576. Houses, 3, 293.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place names: | CEMAES | KEMESS | KEMESS OR CEMAES |
| Place: | Cemais |
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