Little England beyond Wales

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"Little England beyond Wales" is a description of the area that coincides with Pembrokeshire. This term was used by William Camden and George Owen in 1586 and 1603. They wanted to highlight the strong English character in this Welsh area. That English character is attributed by the local population to the Flemings who settled here in the 12th century.

Topographer Edward Laws would report the following in 1888: "Go to any fair or market and it will be strange if you do not meet a certain type of blonde women with light-colored eyes and a considerable tendency to chubbiness. When they are young, many of them have a blush like strawberries and whipped cream on their cheeks, they seem to come straight from Antwerp or a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. It is one of the nicest remnants of the Flemish immigrants to my taste and enjoyment.

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Source: Wereldgeschiedenis van Vlaanderen

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