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in Pembroke-shire, in England, is the principal town in the county. It is situated upon a creek of Milford-Haven, and in the most pleasant part of Wales, being about 256 miles distant from London. It is the county-town, and has two handsome bridges over two small rivers which run into a creek, forming the west side of a promontory. It is well inhabited, has several good houses, and but one church. There is also a custom-house in it. There are several merchants in it, who, favoured by its situation, employ near 200 sail on their own account; so that, next to Caerphilly, it is the largest and richest town in South Wales. It has one long straight street, upon a narrow part of a rock; and the two rivers seem to be two arms of Milford-Haven, which ebbs and flows close up to the town. It is governed by a mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses; and was in former times fortified with walls, and a magnificent castle seated on a rock at the west end of the town. In this rock, under the chapel, is a natural cavern called Wogan, remarked for having a very fine echo: this is supposed to have been a store-room for the garrison, as there is a staircase leading into it from the castle: it has also a wide mouth towards the river. This structure being burnt a few years after it was erected, it was rebuilt. It is remarkable for being the birth-place of Henry VII. and for the brave defence made by the garrison for Charles I.