PEMBROKE (Penfro)  , an ancient municipal borough, a contributory parliamentary borough and county-town of Pembrokeshire, Wales, situated on a narrow peninsula at the head of the Pennar tidal inlet or " pill " of Milford Haven . Pop . (1901), 4487; together with Pembroke Dock 15,853 . Pembroke is a station on the South Wales system of the Great Western railway . The old-fashioned town, consisting chiefly of one long broad street, retains portions of its ancient walls . A large mill-dam is a conspicuous feature on the north of the town . St Mary's church in the centre of the town possesses a massive tower of the 12th century . Near the ruined West Gate is the entrance to Pembroke Castle, a splendid specimen of medieval fortified architecture . The circular vaulted keep erected by Earl William Marshal (c . 1200), remains almost intact . Close to the keep stands the ruined chamber wherein, according to local tradition, Henry VII. was born in 1457 . Beneath the fine banqueting hall, a flight of steps descends into " the Wogan," a vast subterranean chamber giving access to the harbour .

Facing the castle, on the western

side of the pill, stand the considerable remains of Monkton Priory, a Benediction house founded by Earl William Marshal as a cell to the abbey of Seez or Sayes in Normandy, but under Henry VI. transferred to the abbey of St Albans . The priory church, now the parish church of the suburb of Monkton, contains monuments of the families of Meyrick of Bush and Owen of Orielton . St Daniel's chapel forms a prominent landmark on the ridge south of the town .