Editing Goodwick (section)

==History==
[[File:Goodwick Square Old.jpg|thumb|left|Goodwick Square ({{circa}} 1850)]]
[[File:Target Dossier for Fishguard Harbour, Pembroke, England - DPLA - 69a153431b31b23f79b9e672a481910a (page 5).jpg|thumb|left|Fishguard Harbour, 1930s]]
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During the [[Viking Age]], the coasts of Wales were subjected to raids in the latter 10th century. Norse trading posts and settlements were established. The name probably derives from a combination of the old Norse forms: ''góðr'' (good) and ''vik'' (bay or cove) giving ''góðrvik''.<ref>{{cite work|title=Wales Place Names: Pembrokeshire (ed. D C Robinson) (Kindle edition ASIN: B07345LDJ4)}}</ref> Compare formation with [[Reykjavík]] (Smoking Bay) where ''reykr'' = 'smoke'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/norol-EI-X.html|title=Linguistic Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-date=15 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315072958/http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/norol-EI-X.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The southeast facing hillside of Goodwick is sheltered from prevailing and salty SW winds and therefore naturally well tree-covered compared with the exposed headland above and the wet land of the bay.  Many older developments in Goodwick have the name 'Goedwig' meaning forest - Goedwig Terrace, Villas, Chapel etc.  Thus an alternative explanation for the name may be that it was Goedwig and Goorvik may just have been a happy coincidence for the invaders.

Goodwick was a small fishing village in the parish of [[Llanwnda, Pembrokeshire|Llanwnda]], but in 1887 work commenced on a railway connection and harbour, and the village grew rapidly to service this. The main industry is now tourism although in the town's industrial past brick making was once an important industry. Some fishing still takes place on a small scale but most activity is centered on [[Milford Haven]].

Goodwick Sands, the local beach, is where the defeated French invasion force assembled prior to their unconditional surrender on 24 February 1797.

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