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Fenjeiwlck, seat, 3 m. SW. of Falmouth, Cornwall.
Penk, river, Staffordshire; rises on W. border of co., and flows N. past Brewood and Penkridge to the Sow a little E. of Stafford; is 21 miles long.
Penkclly. — hundred, Brecknockshire, 65,672 ac., pop. 5905; contains 12 pars, and part of another.—2. Penkelly, hamlet, Llanvigan par., in co. and 4 miles SE. of Brecknock ; has remains of a castle.
Penkennor Point, headland, on W. coast of Corn- wall, 7 miles SW. of Bude Haven.
Penkerrig, hamlet, on W. border of Radnorshire, 2 m. N. of Builth ; in vicinity is Penkerrig House, seat.
Penketli, township (ry. sta. Sankey), Prescot par., S W. Lancashire, on the river Mersey and Sankey Canal, 31? miles SW. of Warrington, 1059 ac. (69 water), pop. 1239 ; P.O.; contains Penketh Hall, seat.
Penkhull, eccl. dist., Stoke upon Trent par., Staf- fordshire, pop. 2788; it shares in the trade of the Potteries ; the North Stafford infirmary and the Stoke workhouse are here.
Penkill Burn, Minnigaff par., W. Kirkcudbright; flows 84 m. SAY. to river Cree near Newton Stewart.
Penkill Castle, seat, Dailly par., Ayrshire, 3 miles NE. of Girvan.
Penkinna Head, promontory, on NW. coast of Corn- wall, at E. side of Tremoutha Haven, 84 miles NE. of Camelford; is an imposing mass of slate about 400 ft. in height.
Penkridge, small town, par., and township with ry. sta., Staffordshire, on river Penk, 6 miles S. of Stafford —par., 18,020 ac., pop. 3134; town and township, pop. 2536; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Penkridge is an ancient place, and is supposed by Camden to be the Roman Pennocrucium, on Watling Street. It is almost wholly an agricultural town, has three fairs annually, and from its low position is frequently visited by inundations.
Penlan, vil., in co. and 5 miles SE. of Cardigan.
Penlanole, seat, Radnorshire ; post-town, Rhayader.
Penlee Point, promontory, on S. coast of Cornwall, at S. extremity of Cawsand Bay.
Penley, eccl. dist. and vil., Ellesmere par., Flint- shire, in detached part of co.—dist., pop. 330; vil., 4 miles NE. of Ellesmere; P.O.; in vicinity is Penley Hall, seat.
Penllar Castle, ancient fort, on NW. border of Glamorgan, 9b miles NW. of Neath.
Penllecli, coast par., Carnarvonshire, 101 miles SW. of Pwllheli, 2187 ac., pop. 231.
Penllergare, seat, 5 m. E. of Loughor sta., Glamorgan.
Penlline, par. and vil., Glamorgan—par., 1962 ac., pop. 305; vil.,2 miles NAY. of Cowbridge; P.O., called Penllyne; near the vil. is Penlline Castle, a ruined ancient fortress.
Penllltlirig, mountain, Carnarvonshire, 3 miles N. of Capel Curig; alt. 2623 ft.
Penllyn.—hundred, Merioneth, in NE. of co., 58,292 ac., pop. 6740; contains 5 pars.—2. Penllyn, extra parochial place, Pembrokeshire, near Cardigan, pop. 3.
Penllyne, Glamorgan; p.o. See Penlline.
Penmaclino, par. and vil., Carnarvonshire, in E. of co.—par., 11,208 ac., pop. 1787; vil., on river Machno, 6J miles S. of Llanrwst; P.O.
Penmaen.—coast par., Glamorgan, 9 miles SW. of Swansea, 994 ac. and 98 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 121.—2. Penmaen, eccl. dist. and vil., Mynyddyslwyn par., Monmouthshire—dist., pop. 2514; the vil. is 12 miles NW. of Newport.
Penmaen Pool, ry. sta., Merioneth, 2 miles SW. of Dolgelly.
Penmaen Rlifis, eminence, on coast of Denbighshire and Carnarvonshire, 6 miles E. of Conway ; is pierced by a railway tunnel 1269 ft. in length.
Penmaenan, on N. coast of Carnarvonshire, 4 mile SW. of Penmaenmawr sta.; P.O.; forms part of Pen- maenmawr vil.
Fenmaenbacta, headland, on N. coast of Carnarvon- shire, 2 miles NE. of Penmaenmawr sta.
Penmaenmawr, vil. with ry. sta., on N. coast of Carnarvonshire, on river Machno, 4 miles SW. of Con- way ; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank ; is a pleasant watering place, with firm sandy beach, and affords excellent and safe Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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