Rosemarket
Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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::summary Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Wales |
| static_image | St Ishmaels Parish Church, Rosemarket (geograph 3721217).jpg |
| static_image_caption | St Ishmaels Parish Church |
| coordinates | |
| official_name | Rosemarket |
| welsh_name | Rhosfarced |
| population | 613 |
| population_ref | (2011) |
| 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 |
| module | [[File:2024 Wales Pembrokeshire Community Rosemarket map.svg |
| Map of the community | |
| :: |
| country = Wales | static_image = St Ishmaels Parish Church, Rosemarket (geograph 3721217).jpg | static_image_caption = St Ishmaels Parish Church | coordinates = | official_name = Rosemarket | welsh_name = Rhosfarced | population = 613 | population_ref = (2011) | community_wales = | 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 | module= [[File:2024 Wales Pembrokeshire Community Rosemarket map.svg|240px]] Map of the community Rosemarket () is a village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, north of Milford Haven.
Name
The name refers to the "Market of Rhos", the town formerly being an important market town for the Flemish settlers in the medieval cantref of Roose.
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. Owen, in 1603, described it as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay".
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 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
- Zachariah Williams (1673?–1755), medical practitioner and inventor, born and lived at Rhosmarket.
- Anna Williams (1706–1783), a Welsh poet from Rhosmarket, a close companion of the writer Samuel Johnson.
References
References
- "Community population 2011".
- (1822). "The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary". Archibald Constable and Company.
- Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, {{ISBN. 0-907158-58-7, p 628
- "Penbrok comitat". British Library.
- Owen, George, ''The Description of Pembrokeshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes'', Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
- [http://www.mypembrokeshire.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/05/08/427e91a08fbf5 Dovecote in MyPembrokeshire]{{dead link. (April 2015)
- {{Cite DNB. Courtney. William Prideaux
- {{Cite DNB. Courtney. William Prideaux
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