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bathing at nearly all stages of the tide. _ Pcmnacn- mawr Mountain (the northern terminating point of the Snowdon range), in SW. vicinity of sta., has an alt. of 1553 ft.; on its summit is Dinas Penmaen, or Braich-y-Dinas, an ancient British fort, capable of holding 20,000 men.
Penmark, par. and vil., Glamorgan—par., 3360 ac. and 183 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 480; vil., 7 miles SE. of Cowbridge; P.O.; has ruins of Penmark Castle, destroyed by Owen Glendower.
Peninon, coast par., Anglesey, on NE. side and partly in bor. of Beaumaris, 1052 ac. land and 6128 water, pop. 242 ; contains the ruins of Penmen Priory (6th century).
Penmorfa, par. and vil., Carnarvonshire, in S. of co., 1 mile W. of Tremadoc, 10,157 ac., pop. 1225.
Fcnmyarth, seat, near Crickhowell, Brecknockshire.
Penmynydd, par. and vil., Anglesey, in SE. of co.— par., 3153 ac., pop. 406; vil., 4 miles E. of Llangefni ; P.O.; Plas Penmynydd was the birthplace and resi- dence of Owen Tudor, grandfather of Henry VII.
Penn.—par. and vil., Bucks, in SE. of co., 4 miles SW. of Amersham, 3992 ac., pop. 1100; P.O., T.o.; near the vil. is Penn House, seat.—2. Penn, par. and vil., Staffordshire, 2 miles SW. of Wolverhampton, 3986 ac., pop. 2804; P.O.; mfr. of hardware is carried on; near the vil. is Penn House, seat; the par. con- sists of 2 townships—Lower Penn, pop. 335; and Upper Penn, pop. 2469.
Penn Fields, eccl. dist., Penn par., Staffordshire, pop. 1608; P.O.
Penn Hill, Dorset. See Pillesdon Pen.
Penn Street, vil., Penn par., and eccl. dist., partly also in Little Missenden par., Bucks—dist., pop. 692 ; vil., 3 miles W. of Amersham ; P.O.
Pennagie Island, one of the Scilly Islands, lying NW. of St Martins.
Pennal, par. and vil., Merioneth—par., 7461 ac., pop. 667; vil., 3 miles W. of Machynlleth; P.O.
Penn an, fishing vil., Aberdour par., Aberdeenshire, 3% miles NW. of New Aberdour.
Pennant.—hamlet, Eglwysfach par., Denbighshire, 4 miles N. of Llanrwst.—2. Pennant, hamlet, Llany- mowddwy par., Merioneth, 4 miles NE. of Dinas Mowddwy.—3. Pennant, vil., Montgomeryshire, and par., partly also in Denbighshire—par., 5000 ac., pop. 746; the vil. is 9% miles NW. of Llanfyllin. — 4. Pennant, hamlet, Llanbrynmair par., Montgomery- shire, 9% miles NW. of Llanidloes.—5. Pennant, ham- let, Llanfihangel Beguildy par., Radnorshire, on river Teme, 4 miles NW. of Knighton.
Pennard.—par., Glamorgan, in Gower Peninsula, 2855 ac., pop. 269; on E. side of Oxwich Bay, 8 miles SW. of Swansea, stands Pennard Castle, a ruined fortress (12th century).—2. Pennard, ry. sta., Somer- set, 7 miles NE. of Glastonbury; in vicinity is Pennard House, seat. See Pennard, East, and Pennard, West.
Pennard, East, par. and vil., Somerset—par., 2829 ac., pop. 608 ; vil., 2% miles SE. of Pennard sta. and 7 miles E. of Glastonbury; P.O.
Pennard, West, par. and vil., Somerset—par., 3063 ac., pop. 749 ; vil., 1% mile S. of Pennard sta.; P.O.
Pennenden Ilealti, common, Kent, l% mile NE. of Maidstone; it is, and has been from ancient times, a place of great gatherings, and has a county hall.
Pennersax, ancient par., now in Middlebie par., SE. Dumfriesshire.
Pennlck, hamlet, Auldearn par., Nairnshire, 4 miles SE. of Nairn; the deans of Moray formerly resided here.
Penninghame, par., NE. Wigtownshire, on river Cree, 33,448 ac., pop. 3940; contains the police burgh of Newton Stewart, 4 miles NW. of which is the seat of Penninghame Honse.
Pennington.—eccl. dist. and vil., Milford par., Hants—dist., pop. 791; the vil. is 1% mile NW. of Lymington; in vicinity is Pennington House, seat.—
2. Peuulugtou, par., N. Lancashire, 1% mile SW. of Ulverston, 2845 ac., pop. 1698; P.O.; mining is carried on.—3. Pennington, township and ry. sta., Leigh par., SW. Lancashire, wholly in town of Leigh, and 1% mile S. of West Leigh sta., 1483 ac., pop. 6640.
Pennington Green, vil., in par. and 3 miles NE. of Wigan, SAV. Lancashire.
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