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Pcnbury Park, seat, 4 miles SE. of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Pencader, hamlet with ry. sta., Carmarthenshire, 3% miles SE. of Llandyssil sta.; P.O.
Pencader Fawr, highest summit of the Black Moun- tains, on E. border of Brecknockshire, 4% miles SE. of Talgarth, alt. 2545 ft.
Pencaeclwdd, ancient camp, in W. of Glamorgan, 10% miles N. of Swansea.
Pencaer Helen, eminence, Carnarvonshire, 6 miles SW. of Conway.
Pencaitlaud, par. and vil., W. Haddingtonshire— par., 5075ac., pop. 1107; vil., on river Tyne (which divides it into Easter and Wester Pencaitland), 1% mile SE. of Winton ry. sta. and 5% miles SW. of Haddington; P.O.; has an interesting old church and an ancient market cross.
Pencarlcnic, seat, 3 miles E. of Truro, Cornwall.
Pencarreg, par. and vil., Carmarthenshire, on river Teifi, 4 miles SW. of Lampeter, 10,392 ac., pop. 1186.
Pencarrow, seat, 3 m. NAV. of Bodmin, Cornwall.
Penclawdd, vil. with ry. sta., Llanrhidian par., Glamorgan, in Gower peninsula, 5 miles AV. of Gower Road sta. and 2 miles SAV. of Loughor; P.O., T.O.; has collieries and copper works.
Pencoed.—township and vil. with ry. sta., Coy- church par., Glamorgan—township, 2121 ac., pop. 783; vil., 3% miles E. of Bridgend; P.O.—2.Pencoed, hamlet, Llanwyddelan par., Montgomeryshire, 6% miles S. of Llanfair.
Pencoed Castle, ruined mansion, in S. of Monmouth- shire, on an eminence, 7 miles E. of Newport.
Pencoinbe, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in NE. of co.—par., 4590 ac., pop. 258; vil., 4 miles SW. of Bromyard; P.O.
Pencoyd, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in S. of co., 5% miles NAV. of Ross, 879 ac., pop. 168.
Pencraig.—hamlet, Marstow par., Herefordshire, in S. of co., 3% miles SAV. of Ross; P.O.; in vicinity is Pencraig Conrt, seat. — 2. Pencraig, seat, in E. vicinity of Llangefni, Anglesey.
Pendarves, seat, 1% m. S. of Camborne sta., Cornwall.
Penddol, vil., Llandyfriog par., Cardiganshire, in SAV. of co., 2 miles NE. of Newcastle in Emlyn.
Pcndeen, eccl. dist. and vil., St Just in Penwith par., Cornwall—dist., pop. 2311; vil., on the coast, 7 miles NW. of Penzance ; P.O.; near the vil. is Pendeen Watcb House, a coastguard station. Pendeen was the birthplace of Borlase (1696-1772), the Cornish historian.
Pendell Court, seat, 4 miles NE. of Reigate, Surrey.
Pendennis Point, promontory, S. coast of Cornwall, on N. side of Falmouth Bay, near Falmouth; is crowned by Pendennis Castle, a strongly fortified building, famous for its siege (1646) by the Parliamentary forces.
Penderry, township, Llangafelach par., Glamorgan,
4 miles N. of Swansea, 5734 ac., pop. 2792.
Penderyn, par. and vil., in S. of Brecknockshire—
par., 12,765 ac., pop. 1598; vil., 7 miles W. of Merthyr Tydfil; P.O.
Pendine, par., Carmarthenshire, on Carmarthen Bay,
5 miles SAV. of Laugharne, 963 ac. land and 615 water, pop. 169; P.O.
Pendle Hill, mountain ridge, Whalley par., NE. Lancashire, at boundary with Yorkshire, 3 miles E. of Clitheroe, alt. 1831 ft.; commands views to York and the Isle of Man.
Pendlebury, township, Eccles par., SE. Lancashire, partly within the bor. of Salford, 1031 ac., pop. 8162; pop. of borough part, 2871; P.O., T.o., 1 Bank, 2 news- papers ; has coal mining and cotton factories.
Pendleton.—township and ry. sta., Eccles par., SE. Lancashire, wholly within the bor. of Salford, 2254 ac., pop. 40,246; 2 Banks, 1 newspaper.—2. Pendleton, township and vil., Whalley par., NE. Lancashire— township, 2826 ac., pop. 1312 ; vil., under Pendle Hill, 2% miles SE. of Clitheroe ; P.O.
Pendock, par. and vil., Worcestershire, 5% miles NW. of Tewkesbury, 1163 ac., pop. 236.
Pendomer, par., Somerset, 4 miles SW. of Yeovil, 1090 ac., pop. 69.
Pendoylan, par. and vil., Glamorgan, in SE. of co., 9 miles AV. of Cardiff, 3579 ac. (56 water), pop. 393; P.O. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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Pen is Celtic, and signifies a heathland, a hill, a mountain.
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