Rosemarket Explained

Country:Wales
Static Image:St Ishmaels Parish Church, Rosemarket (geograph 3721217).jpg
Static Image Caption:St Ishmaels Parish Church
Coordinates:51.74°N -5°W
Official Name:Rosemarket
Welsh Name:Rhosfarced
Population:613
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Unitary Wales:Pembrokeshire
Constituency Westminster:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Preseli Pembrokeshire
Post Town:Milford Haven
Postcode District:SA73
Postcode Area:SA
Dial Code:01437
Os Grid Reference:SM929084

Rosemarket is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, north of Milford Haven.

Name

The name does not refer to flowers but to the hundred of Roose, the former Welsh cantref of Rhos.[2]

History

The village was a marcher borough founded by the Knights Hospitallers in the 12th century. It appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.[3] Owen, in 1603, described it as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay".[4]

The parish church, like many in the former lands of Rhos, is dedicated to the 6th-century Breton prince and Welsh saint Ismael. The village has a medieval dovecote[5] and a large hillfort.

Local government

The village has its own elected community council and is part of the electoral ward of Burton for the purposes of elections to Pembrokeshire County Council.

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community population 2011. 17 April 2015.
  2. Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992,, p 628
  3. Web site: Penbrok comitat. British Library. 22 July 2024.
  4. Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokeshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
  5. http://www.mypembrokeshire.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/05/08/427e91a08fbf5 Dovecote in MyPembrokeshire
  6. Williams, Zachariah . 61 . Courtney . William Prideaux . William Prideaux Courtney . 471-472 . 1.
  7. Williams, Anna . 61 . Courtney . William Prideaux . William Prideaux Courtney . 378-379 . 1.