Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest photos (90 available)
Haverfordwest maps (2 available)
Map of Dyfed
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Personalised maps
Create an historic map centred directly on any postcode!
Haverfordwest books (2 available)
- 14 photos on Haverfordwest appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Haverfordwest
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Haverfordwest and Dyfed
Haverfordwest memories
Read and share memories of Haverfordwest and Dyfed inspired by Frith photos
The abandoned car.
This photograph shows my father's car reg EDE 3 at the traffic lights in Castle Square. He was William Gywther Thomas, Divisional Highways Surveyor. The reason the car looks as if it has been abandoned was that the traffic lights had failed and father was investigating the reason at the control box on the corner of the street to the left of the photograph out of shot. The police are there to direct the traffic which was not very taxing as you can see from the volume of traffic passing through the square.
Contributed by Mr D Thomas
Dyfed memories
The abandoned car.
This photograph shows my father's car reg EDE 3 at the traffic lights in Castle Square. He was William Gywther Thomas, Divisional Highways Surveyor. The reason the car looks as if it has been abandoned was that the traffic lights had failed and father was investigating the reason at the control box on the corner of the street to the left of the photograph out of shot. The police are there to direct the traffic which was not very taxing as you can see from the volume of traffic passing through the square.
A memory of Haverfordwest contributed by Mr D Thomas
Newgale since the 1940s
My family built a chalet in Newgale in 1943. This was in the middle of the Second World War. We had many holidays there over the years and were joined by friends on many occasions. After 33 years the chalet needed replacing and this was done in 1976. During the war, holiday workers came to the area to work on local farms and were housed in various properties in Newgale. On the Sands Cafe car park a dining building was constructed. Every week the Ministry of Information sent a film unit around to show feature films for the holiday workers, and local people were also able to see the films. There was no electricity in Newgale at the time but the ...read more here
A memory of Newgale contributed by grahamFirst Name hayLast Name
Pembroke
My grandad came from Pembroke, when my dad was a boy he used to visit there. He said he used to have to dress up tidy when going to visit family there. His name was William Rowland Hill. He said one of his relatives done a stained glass window in a little church in Pembroke Dock but I can't remember where it was.
A memory of Pembroke contributed by eira waite
Extracts From Haverfordwest & Dyfed books
An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the castle and the impressive castle and
prison itself. The watch-tower in the roof of the new prison was built so the guards could observe all activity in the exercise
yards. These buildings in the shadow of the castle walls were the site of the Marychurch Foundry, the town’s biggest employer
until its closure in the mid-1930s.
An extract from from"Haverfordwest Town and City Memories".
A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the castle in the center and the tower of St Thomas a Becket on the hill overlooking it. Note the steamer in the forefront of the picture. The priory ruins can just be seen across the river and below St Thomas`.
An extract from from"Haverfordwest Town and City Memories".
The wall on the left, on
which the child is sitting,
is known as New Quay,
and the flight of steps
leads to Victoria Place,
built at the same time as
the bridge in 1837. Part
of Lewis’s furniture
warehouse can be seen
on the right.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".
Dominating this area of the town is St Mary’s Church.
The siting of this church dedicated to St Mary is
enigmatic, but was possibly built near to a re-sited
market place in the late 12th century. The building was
originally graced with an impressive leaded spire and was
perhaps the finest of the three in the town. Its bells would
have rung out over the town adding its peal to those of
St Martin’s, St Thomas’s, the Friary and, we assume, those
of the Priory as well.
Nearby is a surviving medieval structure known as ‘The
Crypt’. Theories as to its use are plentiful but one strong
contender is that it was a ‘charnel vault’ to store bones
from the overcrowded graveyard. It was almost lost in
the interests of road improvements, but fortunately an
alternative scheme was settled on. The churchyard was once
the setting for the town’s thriving markets until townsfolk
complained about the large number of butchers’ stalls in
the churchyard and in 1773 the churchwardens and the
mayor went so far as to prevent the traders from entering
the churchyard. A legal battle ensued, but the stalls were
eventually relocated. A large purpose-built market house
was opened in 1825.
An extract from from"Haverfordwest Town and City Memories".
This photograph is taken from the
junction of Market Street and Upper
Market Street, looking down towards
the High Street. At the time of
writing, the arched Market Hall
building on the left is a building site.
The bay windows on the right are still
in existence. Note the ladder on the
pavement to the right of the picture,
the scarcity of traffic, and the
complete absence of road markings.
An extract from from"Pembrokeshire Photographic Memories".