PENALLEY (PEN-ALEY), a parish, in the hundred of CASTLEMARTIN, union of PEMBROKE and county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 1
mile (S. W. by W.) from Tenby; containing 346 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the south-eastern extremity
of the county, and on the shore of the Bristol Channel, comprises a moderate portion of arable and pasture land, the
whole, with the exception only of a very small tract of common, inclosed and in a good state of cultivation. It formerly
belonged to the family of De Barri, of Manorbeer Castle, and, in the 1st of Henry IV., was bestowed upon John de Windesor;
but soon after reverting to the crown, it was granted by letters patent to Thomas ab Owain, of Trellwyn, in this parish,
from whose family, on the death of his descendant, Thomas Bowen, Esq., it passed by marriage to the family of Philipps, of
Picton. Trellwyn, the ancient seat of the ab Owens, or Bowens, was garrisoned for the king, during the parliamentary war,
by Lord Carberry; but being besieged by the parliamentary forces, after an obstinate resistance, it was finally
surrendered on honourable terms. The parish, of which the rateable annual value is returned at £2274. 12., abounds with
limestone, which is quarried upon an extensive scale; part being exported to the coast of Devonshire, and part burnt into
lime for manure, for the supply of the neighbourhood. Some fine specimens of madripore are found here. rhe living is a
discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at £4. 17. 11., and endowed with £200 royal bounty; net income, £77, with a
glebe-house; patron, Bishop of St. David's; impropriator, Sir R. B. P. Phillips, Bart. The church is an ancient cruciform
structure, recently repaired, and enlarged by the erection of a gallery containing sixty sittings; on an altar-tomb are
two heads in relief, with the imperfect inscription " Wm. de Ilaynoor et Isemay sa femme, virgo beata Maria Aft Merci,
Amen." In the churchyard is an old circular cross of small dimensions, without any legible inscription, the shaft of which
is elaborately ornamented with rich tracery. The vicarage-house is an elegant building, surrounded with beautiful gardens,
and commanding some fine marine views; it was erected by the incumbent, in 1822, under the provisions of Gilbert's Act. A
neat and commodious school-house has been built also at the expense of the vicar, in which about 60 children of both sexes
daily, and about 70 on Sundays, are gratuitously instructed; it is supported by subscription, aided by an endowment of £3
per annum, charged on the estates of the late Lord Milford, and an annual collection made at the church. Caldey Island is
within the limits of the parish, for all ecclesiastical purposes.