Cold Blow Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Cold Blow
Static Image:File:Cold Blow - geograph.org.uk - 1001703.jpg
Static Image Caption:The B4315 in the village centre
Coordinates:51.783°N -4.723°W
Label Position:left
Unitary Wales:Pembrokeshire
Community Wales:Templeton
Post Town:Narberth
Os Grid Reference:SN123128

Cold Blow (or Coldblow) is a hamlet about 2miles southeast of Narberth in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales. It lies on the B4315 Princes Gate to Templeton road and is in the community of Templeton.

Description

The hamlet lies on the B4315 road between Princes Gate and Templeton in rural south Pembrokeshire near a junction with the B4314, an early route (now a minor road) to Narberth. There is a mixture of new and old houses and a caravan site.[1] [2]

History

From 1787 Cold Blow would have been known to travellers on the Ireland mail coach from London and Bristol which passed through the hamlet on the way to Milford Haven.[3]

The road through Cold Blow (then referred to as Coldblowgate) was a turnpike when Richard Fenton mentioned it in 1811.[4] In 1822 it was listed as a notable crossroads[5] and an early 19th-century milestone near Cold Blow carrying painted cast-iron plates has been Grade II listed by Cadw.[6]

Leigh's Guide to Wales in 1835 describes Cold Blow:

The local inn was the Windsor Castle.[7] The hamlet, but not the inn, is mentioned in an 1840 travel guide.[8]

While Cold Blow is now in the local government community and parish of Templeton; it was in the parish of Narberth (South) until 1863.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SA67 8RR - Check My Postcode.
  2. Web site: SA67 8RW - Check My Postcode.
  3. Book: Ayres, G.. Lulu. History of the Mail Routes to Ireland Until 1850. 2011. 67. 6 April 2015. 9781446605042.
  4. Book: Fenton, R.. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme. A historical tour through Pembrokeshire. 1811. 474. Cold Blow.. 6 April 2015.
  5. Book: Paterson, D.. Oxford University. A new and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain. 109–113. 1822. 6 April 2015.
  6. Web site: British Listed Buildings. 6 April 2015.
  7. Book: Leigh & Son (digitized by Harvard University). Leigh's Guide to Wales & Monmouthshire. 1835. 119. 6 April 2015.
  8. Book: Nicholson, G.. Oxford University. The Cambrian traveller's guide. 3. 142. 1840. 6 April 2015.
  9. Web site: GENUKI: Narberth. 6 April 2015.
  10. Web site: Templeton Heritage Group. 6 April 2015.