Rosemarket
From Wikishire
Rosemarket is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire.
The name refers not to flowers, but to the Hundred of Roose, the former mediæval cantref of Rhos.[1] It was a marcher borough founded by the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century. George Owen, in 1603, described it as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay".[2]
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 mediæval dovecote[3] and a large hillfort.
References
- ↑ Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 628
- ↑ Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokeshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
- ↑ Dovecote in MyPembrokeshire
- Nicolle,G.R., Rosemarket a Village Beyond Wales, Dyfed Cultural Services 1982
Outside links
- Location map: 51°44’8"N, 4°59’57"W
- Genuki
