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Rosemarket  Pembrokeshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rosemarket like this:

ROSEMARKET, or Rhosmarket, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Pembroke; 1 mile S E of Johnston r. station, and 4 N E of Milford. It has a post-office under Milford. Acres, 1, 759. Real property, £1, 319. Pop., 451. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £96.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently restored. Lucy Waters, the mother of the Duke of Monmouth, and Miss Williams, the blind protegée of Dr. Johnson, were natives.

Rosemarket through time

Rosemarket is now part of Pembrokeshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Pembrokeshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rosemarket itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rosemarket in Pembrokeshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8513

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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