Rosemarket
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Rosemarket is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
The name means "market in the hundred of Roose (Welsh: Rhôs)"[1]. It was a marcher borough founded by the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century. Owen, in 1603, described it as one of nine Pembrokeshire "boroughs in decay"[2]. The church, like many in Roose, is dedicated to the local St Ismael. The village has a medieval dovecote [3], and a large hillfort.
[edit] 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 Penbrokshire 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
