Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Penmark

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.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pen Marc AP/CP       Glamorgan AncC
Place: Pen Marc

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