Community & Sustainable Development

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Community Heritage Training Programme

Is there a group within your community which is interested in learning how to research your local history?

The training programme will enable anyone with an interest in local heritage to have the opportunity to learn about, have access to and enjoy their heritage.
A community heritage trainer will guide your local history group in how to research and interpret your local heritage.

Six community-based training sessions will be offered and trips to the County Record Office, County Reference Library, County Museum & Cambria Archaeology. At the end of the programme, the group will have the opportunity to hold a public exhibition in their community to celebrate their achievements.

Within the programme each community will also look at compiling:
Community Heritage Sites Audit - which will list the heritage resources of the community. These will include buildings, sites, traditions, stories, characters.
A local heritage exhibition will showcase the research and be a means to inform and enthuse the wider local community of its local history. Your community will be inspired to develop other activities based on their research e.g. heritage trails, festivals, heritage tourism and develop links with other groups with similar themes.

For further information please contact Sandra Rowlands on
Tel: 01834 862114

Useful Links

Please note that PLANED is not responsible for the content of any external websites.

Pembrokeshire Record Office
The Castle
Haverfordwest
SA61 2EF
Tel: 01437 763707
Ancient and modern records which provide a unique source of information on Pembrokeshire's history. We hold historical sources ranging from a document of 1272 to last week's local newspapers. We have census returns, parish registers, maps, photographs, deeds, letters and other things too numerous to list.
Opening hours : First Monday of the month - 10.00am - 4.45pm Monday to Thursday - 9.00am - 4.45pm Friday - 9.00am - 4.15pm First Saturday morning of each month - (except Bank Holiday weekends) 9.30am -12.30pm.
No entry charge, no need to make appointment, free car park, friendly helpful staff.

Haverfordwest County Library
Dew Street
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA61 1SU
Tel: 01437 775248
Fax: 01437 769218
Books in English and Welsh for adults and children. music cassettes and CDs. Talking books. Language tapes and Videos. A public photocopying service. Art gallery. A public fax service.
Opening times: Monday 9.30a.m. - 5p.m., Tuesday 9.30a.m. - 7p.m.,
Wednesday 9.30a.m. - 5p.m., Thursday 9.30a.m. - 5p.m., Friday 9.30a.m. - 7p.m.,
Saturday 9.30a.m. - 1p.m.

Haverfordwest Registars Office
Tower Hill
Haverfordwest
SA61 1SS
01437 775176
Information on Births Marriages and Deaths in Pembrokeshire

Scolton Manor Museum
Spittal
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA62 5QL
Tel: 01437 731328
Fax: 01437 731743
As the home of Pembrokeshire's County Museum, Scolton has thousands of objects on display illustrating the history of the area in the Manor House, Stable Block and Exhibition Hall.

The Pembrokeshire Virtual Museum uses modern technology to depict the historical and cultural past of the County. This website will allow people from all over the world to discover and explore the historical past of Pembrokeshire at the click of a button.
Website: www.pembrokeshirevirtualmuseum.co.uk

The Cultural X-Change is a joint initiative between Pembrokeshire in Wales and County Carlow in Ireland to create two virtual museums, one for each county. This innovative project enables people from all over the world to learn about the heritage and culture of both Pembrokeshire and Carlow through an interesting and easy-to-use website.
Website: www.culturalxchange.net

Haverfordwest Town Museum
Castle House
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA61 2EF
Tel: 01437 763087
Website: www.haverfordwest-town-museum.org.uk

Narberth Museum
11 Market Street
Narberth
Pembrokeshire
SA67 7AY
Tel: 01834 861719
E-mail: narberthmuseum@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.narberthmuseum.co.uk

Milford Haven Museum
Old Customs House
The Docks
Milford Haven
Pembrokeshire
SA73 3AF
Tel: 01646 694496
Fax: 01646 699454

Tenby Museum & Art Gallery
Castle Hill
Tenby
Pembrokeshire
SA70 7BP
Tel: 01834 842809
Email: info@tenbymuseum.org.uk
Website: www.tenbymuseum.org.uk

Dyfed Family History Society
Website: www.dyfedfhs.org.uk
The Society was founded in 1982 to encourage and assist people in all parts of the world who are pursuing family history research relative to Dyfed which comprises the old counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke and Cardigan. The Society also welcomes into membership those living within the counties who have no Dyfed ancestry but are interested in family history generally.
The website includes county and town descriptions, old postcards, census registration districts, parish and hundred boundary maps, church and chapel repository summaries, school records, archive holdings and addresses, with images and access to Ordnance Survey maps to identify the location of the places identified.

Cambria Archaeology
Dyfed Archaeological Trust
The Shire Hall
8 Carmarthen Street
Llandeilo
Carmarthenshire
SA19 6AF
Tel: 01558 823121
Fax: 01558 823133
Email: cambria@cambria.org.uk
Website: www.cambria.org.uk
We are one of the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts working to help protect, record and interpret all aspects of the historic landscape. Cambria Archaeology welcomes enquiries from anyone wishing to find out more about the archaeology of the area. The regional Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) for Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, covers all periods of human development from traces of the earliest known human habitation in caves to Second World War defensive structures.

National Library of Wales
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3BU
Tel: 01970 632 800
Fax: 01970 615709
Website: www.llgc.org.uk
The National Library is one of the great libraries of the world. We have thousands of manuscripts and archives, pictures and photographs, maps, sound recordings and moving images, available for all adults to consult in the building.

Museum of Welsh Life
St Fagans
Cardiff
CF5 6XB
Tel: 029 2057 3500
Website: www.nmgw.ac.uk/www.php/mwl/
The primary purpose of the Museum of Welsh Life is to illustrate and interpret the daily life and work of the people of Wales from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Seven main categories of collections are held by the Museum:
Historical buildings, Corporate life collections, Domestic and costume collections, Agricultural, craft and transport collections, Cultural life, Film archives, Manuscript archives, Photographic archives, Sound archives, Library.

Archives Network Wales
The Archives Network Wales website contains standardised descriptions of the extent, type and scope of collections of documents held by Record Offices, universities and other bodies in Wales. It also provides links to further information and access details for the repositories. It is an index to sources rather than a source itself.
Website: www.archivesnetworkwales.info

The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Tel: 02 8876 3444
Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives Hold records of the UK government from Domesday to the present.

Learning Curve
Website: www.learningcurve.gov.uk
Learning Curve is a free online teaching and learning resource at the National Archives, following the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5.

GENUKI: UK and Ireland Genealogy
Large collection of genealogical information for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Website: www.genuki.org.uk

old-maps.co.uk: Historical Ordnance Survey Maps
Provides online access to Landmark and Ordnance Survey’s digital historical map archive. Ordnance Survey collection of historical mapping in Great Britain was until recently only held as a paper archive an extensive digital archive has now been created.
Website: www.old-maps.co.uk

 

 

 

 

PLANED's Sense of Place Programme is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government's Rural Community Action Fund.	The RICCHH Project was funded by the Heritage Lottery and supported by Cambria Archaeology.