Pembroke, Castle 1890
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Photo of Pembroke, Castle 1890

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Without doubt, Pembroke is one of the most impressive castles in Britain. The first castle was built in the 1090s by Roger de Montgomery and his son, possibly on the site of a native Welsh fortification. The great cylindrical keep, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, towers above the ruins. The future Henry VII was born here in 1457.

A Selection of Memories from Pembroke

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Pembroke

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Greetings from Canada. Although I have never visited England I have long had a great admiration of Wales. My Great Grandfather who was born in London in 1835 of Welsh parents wrote many notations in margins of a Family Bible of stories handed down of related families who dwelt in Pembroke, way back to 1700's. The "s" in my surname, Johns, was added on by an ancestor in late 1700's, prior to this it was ...see more
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.
The white dust on the water in the Pembroke photgraphs is flour from the Town Watermill. After a minor fire this lovely building was wickedly destroyed by the Council. It would be a major attraction today.