Category: History

Pembrokeshire in Historic Maps

We have come to know David Gardner as a wildlife photographer and writer of some merit. We also know he has an eye for antiquities, but somehow we had missed that he is an...

Plan to Restore Historic Cottage

  Maenclochog Community Council has plans to restore Penrhos Cottage, built in the early 1800s, and has called a public meeting in the Community Hall on Thursday 2 November at 7pm. The thatched cottage...

Pirates of Wales

We recently missed International Talk like a Pirate Day. How can that have happened, me hearties? And what can the swashbuckling characters of history with their mind-bogglingly bloody ways have to do with Wales?...

Walking for Waldo

A walk is taking place this weekend (30 September) in celebration of the life of Waldo Williams who was born in Haverfordwest on that day in 1940 and who died in 1971 at St...

The Romans In Wales

The Romans first reached the borders of what we now know as the country of Wales in 48 AD. At that time there were more than five native tribes who had their home here,...

Remembering Hiroshima

Pembrokeshire Peace Group and Quakers from Milford Haven Meeting are organising a gathering at Haverbub, Quay Street, Haverforwest, with an exhibition about Hiroshima. This will take place at 8pm on 6 August, the anniversary...

Unearthing History at Carew Castle

This is a bilingual article. Scroll down for the English version.   Cloddio’n ddwfn i orffennol cuddiedig Sir Benfro mewn digwyddiad archeoleg yng Nghastell Caeriw Bydd Castell Caeriw yn cynnal digwyddiad newydd cyffrous yn...

Secrets of Carew Castle Revealed

The following article is in Welsh and English. Please scroll down for the English version. Datgelu cyfrinachau Castell Caeriw gyda theithiau arbennig yr haf hwn Dros y misoedd nesaf bydd cyfres o deithiau arbennig...

Holy Wells in Focus

  Ancient Connections plans to celebrate the launch of Holy Wells of Wexford and Pembrokeshire – a trilingual series of chapbooks commissioned by Ancient Connections and published by Parthian. Each book approaches wells from a different...