▁the ▁Vik ing ▁ch ie ft ain ▁Hub ba ▁winter ed ▁in ▁the ▁haven ▁with ▁ 2 3 ▁ships . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 1 7 2 , ▁three ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁Norman ▁In vas ion ▁of ▁Ireland , ▁having ▁prepared ▁his ▁fleet ▁and ▁army ▁in ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁the ▁P embro ke ▁River , ▁Henry ▁II ▁of ▁England ▁sa iled ▁there ▁from ▁the ▁haven . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁ 1 8 1 4 , ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁mostly ▁far ml and ▁and ▁known ▁as ▁P ater ch urch . ▁The ▁first ▁recorded ▁mention ▁of ▁P ater ch urch ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 2 8 9 . ▁A ▁medieval ▁tower ▁was ▁built ▁and ▁like ▁nearby ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁and ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁fort ifications , ▁it ▁may ▁have ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁look out ▁post . ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁additional ▁domestic ▁and ▁farm ▁buildings ▁stood ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁tower ▁and ▁the ▁isolated ▁settlement ▁had ▁its ▁own ▁c emetery , ▁whose ▁last ▁recorded ▁bur ial ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁Roger ▁Adams , ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 1 . ▁The ▁ru in ▁of ▁the ▁tower ▁now ▁lies ▁within ▁the ▁walls ▁of ▁the ▁dock yard . ▁ ▁P ater ch urch ▁Tower ▁was ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁an ▁estate ▁said ▁to ▁stretch ▁from ▁P enn ar ▁Point ▁to ▁C osh eston . ▁This ▁changed ▁hands ▁in ▁ 1 4 2 2 ▁when ▁Ellen ▁de ▁P ater ch urch ▁married ▁a ▁John ▁Adams . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁building ▁of