Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest (Welsh Hwlffordd), a parliamentary and municipal borough, seaport, and market-town of Wales, capital of the county of Pembroke, and a county of itself, occupies a picturesque situation on the river Cleddau, 10 miles NNE. of Milford by rail and 162 W. of Gloucester. A body of Flemings was settled in the district by Henry I. in 1107. The castle, the keep of which is now used as the county gaol, was erected by Gilbert de Clare, first Earl of Pembroke, in the 14th century. There are also remains of a 12th-century Augustinian priory. Paper-making is the chief industry. Since 1885 Haverfordwest has been included in the Pembroke boroughs, which return one member to the House of Commons. Pop. (1861) 7019; (1881) 6398; (1891) 6179.