In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cemais like this:
KEMESS, or CEMAES, a hundred in the N of Pembroke; containing Bayvil parish and twenty-five other parishes. It lies along the coast, from the river Teifi, at the boundary with Cardigan, to the SW corner of Fishguard bay; and is partly bounded, on the SE, by the river Cleddau, dividing it from Carmarthen. It was conquered in 1069, from Rhys ap Tudor, by Martin de Tours, who settled in it at Newport. Acres, 87, 452. Pop. in 1851, 14, 942; in 1861, 13, 576. Houses, 3, 293.
Cemais through time
Cemais is now part of Pembrokeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Pembrokeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cemais itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cemais in Pembrokeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20724
Date accessed: 16th May 2024
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