Penally, a village and a parish in the district and county of Pembroke. The village stands on the coast, adjacent to the Pembroke and Tenby railway, near Gilton Point, 1 ½ mile SSW of Tenby; is a pretty place; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Tenby. The parish comprises 2,567 acres of land, and 265 of water. Real property, £2,935; of which £100 are in quarries. Pop. In 1851, 394; in 1861, 545. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Barrys and the Bowens. There are hut barracks and a rifle range. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David’s. Value, £77. Patron, the Bishop of St. David’s. The church stands embowered in trees; is old, cruciform, and good; and contains an altar-tomb to William de Raynoor, of the 13th century. The churchyard has an old cross.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
