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.Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, , p 628
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".Owen, George, The Description of Pembrokeshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes, Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892
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 dovecoteDovecote in MyPembrokeshire 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
Further reading Nicolle, G. R., Rosemarket: A Village Beyond Wales. Dyfed Cultural Services (1982)
External links
Historical information and sources on GENUKI