Broom Wood

View from Carreg Golchfa of the pebble bank at Aberbach on a hot and sunny day in 1989.

A display of daffodils, celandine and primroses together with a few snowdrops viewed from the entrance to the churchyard.

This building used to be the general stores and Post Office, selling basic foodstuffs, ironmongery and petrol amongst a wide range of items necessary in a village serving a wide and rural area. When we used it whilst on holiday it was just as Ceridwen says in SM8732 : Mathry General Stores but that would have been in the 1980s and occasional tourists are not enough sustenance these days. So sadly this is now closed as the sign in the shop door says, but the village is still left with school, church, chapel, an excellent pub and a woodturners' shop. See also SM8732 : Post box, Mathry.

This King George VI post box is in the wall of the now defunct shop and post office SM8732 : Shopping in Mathry in Mathry. Royal Mail still collect from it on a daily basis.

Beyond the entrance to Morfa Farm, is the narrow single track road with high hedge banks heading for Felin Dwarch and Duffryn Dwarch, which is unsuitable for long vehicles.

Evan Davies was minister at Llangloffan Baptist Chapel SM9032 : Llangloffan Baptist chapel for thirty five years after his arrival from Dowlais in 1874 till his death in 1909. He is buried with his wife and one of his daughters in Granston churchyard when many years ago, members of the parish church and chapel ( Granston) were buried in the churchyard before Llangloffan had its own cemetery, established around 1920. Evan Davies was the father of Vincent Davies who established the 'Pioneer Stores' in Bridge Street , Haverfordwest and the business has expanded as the 'Vincent Davies' independent out-of-town department store between Withybush and HaverfordwestSM9517 : Vincent Davies store. The words at the bottom of the headstone describe the Rev Evan Davies as follows : In Loving Remembrance of Rev. Evan Davies. Born March 5th, 1840. Died December 27th, 1909. A good musician, a powerful preacher, a faithful minister, and an Israelite indeed, in whom there was no guile. A photograph of the Rev.Davies in 1885, taken by the Welsh Victorian photographer John Thomas 1838-1905, can be seen using the National Library of Wales weblink: Link.

The church and churchyard surrounded by a stone wall mark the centre of the village. Opposite the entrance to the church is the telephone box and former village shop.

A footpath junction near Abermawr. The way to the right is the official Pembrokeshire Coast Path heading for Penmorfa. The way to the left was part of a road from Tregwynt and Abermawr to Abercastle, but is now a narrow path.

View of the cliffs on the south side of Trwyn Llwynog below the Pembrokeshire Coast Path near Porth Glastwr. Garn Fawr and Garn Fechan can be seen in the distance.

The ruined cottage is located by the path to Aber Bach beach between Garn Barcud and Aber-bach cottages, on the north side of the valley above Felin Fawr (Great Mill). This is the front view of the ruin which was abandoned around the late 19th century. It is not marked on present OS maps, but on the 1889 OS map (1:2500), the name Temple appears between Garn Barcud and Aber-bach. In the 19th century census returns for the parish of Granston, the name Pantyffynnon appears between Garn Barcud and Aber-bach cottage entries. The last record of occupants living in Temple or Pantyffynnon was in the 1881 census.

Working mill producing contemporary fabrics.