The Town of Pembroke
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The town of Pembroke is of national importance: for both its heritage and its unique environment. PembrokeCastle was the birthplace of Henry VII the founder of the Tudor Dynasty. The Castle dominates the town. The remains of the present walls constructed in the early 14th century still encircle the historic core of the town which essentially comprises the long main street flanked by shops, businesses and houses constructed in burgage plots.
J.R.Cobb wrote
"In plan it is ridiculously like a flounder, the Castle precinct being the head, the donjon the eye, the great south curtain its gills, the only street representing the vertebral bone and the various gardens its rays".
This mediaeval structure is still apparent: in recent years it has lost many of the burgage plots to development and the town has spilled out over its surroundings, dramatically so in the last 50 years.
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The Growth of Pembroke |  |
Old Photographs of Pembroke |
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Pembroke Families |
We are in the process of exploring various themes - the most recent is transport which is featured on the Home Page.
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Transport |
Education is an area yet to be explored but in the meantime I will draw your attention to a super new site
- the dedicated website for the past pupils of the Pembroke Grammar School