Hook, Pembrokeshire
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Hook is a medium-sized village
Village
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 and community
Community (Wales)
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 on the Western Cleddau
River Cleddau
The River Cleddau consists of the Eastern and Western Cleddau rivers in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. They unite to form the Daugleddau estuary, which forms the important harbour of Milford Haven....

, Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

, Wales
Wales
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. It was part of the community of Llangwm
Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
Llangwm is a small picturesque village and parish of around 450 properties situated on the River Cleddau near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales....

. The population of the community was 656 in 2001
United Kingdom Census 2001
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. Together with the communities of Freystrop
Freystrop
Freystrop is a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales....

 and Llangwm, it makes up the Pembrokeshire ward of Llangwm.

It is a rapidly expanding village. It was much larger in the nineteenth century, when it was a major shipping point for the local anthracite which was brought to the quay from inland collieries by the Hook Tramway.

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