Fishguard, Pembrokeshire - lower harbour, Pencowrw - Dixon postcard c.1960s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Fishguard, Pembrokeshire - Lower Fishguard from Pencowrw, mouth of River Gwaen
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (Wales 1943), c.1960s
• Postally used:  no
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• Notes / condition:  near mint

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Fishguard (Welsh: Abergwaun, meaning ""Mouth of the River Gwaun"") is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, with a population of 3,419 recorded in the 2011 Census. The community of Fishguard and Goodwick had a population of 5,043 recorded in the 2001 Census and 4,869 in the 2011 Census.

The actual town of Fishguard is divided into two parts, the main town of Fishguard and Lower Fishguard. Lower Fishguard (locally known as 'Lower Town') is believed to be the site of the original hamlet from which Fishguard, as seen today, has grown. It is situated where the River Gwaun meets the sea in a deep valley, hence the Welsh name for Fishguard. It is a typical fishing village with a short tidal quay. The settlement stretches along the north slope of the valley.

The main town contains the parish church, the High Street and most of the modern development, and lies upon the hill to the south of Lower Fishguard, to which it is joined by a steep and winding hill. The western part of the town, facing Goodwick, grew up in the first decade of the 20th century with the development of the harbour.

Fishguard is within the historic Welsh cantref of Cemais, and part of the Welsh province of Dyfed, within the historic Principality of Deheubarth.^[2] The coasts of Wales were subject to Norse raids during the Viking Era, and in the latter part of the 10th century Norse trading posts and settlements emerged within Dyfed, with Fishguard established sometime between 950 and 1000 AD.^[2]

The town name Fishguard derives from old Norse fiskigarðr meaning ""fish catching enclosure"",^[3] indicating that there may have been a Scandinavian trading post, although no evidence has been found.^[4] Called ""Fiscard"" until the turn of the 19th Century when the name was ""Anglicized"", it seems Fishguard was a marcher borough and in 1603 was described as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve.^[5] The Norman settlement lay along what is now High Street between the church at its north end and the remains of a Norman motte at its south end. Lower Fishguard developed as a herring fishery and port, trading with Ireland, Bristol and Liverpool. In the late 18th century it had 50 coasting vessels, and exported oats and salt herring.^[6] In 1779, the port was raided by the privateer Black Prince, which bombarded the town when the payment of a £1,000 ransom was refused. As a result, Fishguard Fort was completed in 1781, overlooking Lower Fishguard.^[7] The port declined in the latter half of the 19th century.

Fishguard's ancient Royal Oak pub was the site of the signing of surrender after the Battle of Fishguard in 1797, the last successful invasion of Britain, when a force of 1,400 French soldiers landed near Fishguard but surrendered two days later.^[8] The story is told in the Fishguard Tapestry created for the 200th anniversary to emulate the Bayeux Tapestry, and displayed in the Town Hall Library. The 19th century vicar of Fishguard, the Rev Samuel Fenton, wrote the book 'The History of Pembrokeshire'. The ancient Parliamentary Borough of Fishguard was contributary to the Borough of Haverfordwest. In 1907, it was created an urban district, which included Goodwick from 1934 until it was abolished in 1974. During the Second World War, the Fishguard Bay Hotel was Station IXc of Special Operations Executive where submersibles were tested in Fishguard Bay.

Since 1995, the town of Loctudy (Breton: Loktudi) in Brittany, France has been twinned with Fishguard.

The town is situated at the back of a north facing bay known as Fishguard Bay (Welsh: Bae Abergwaun) which offers protection from waves generated by prevailing westerly winds. It has a relatively mild climate due to its coastal position. The winds coming from the west or south-west have a determining influence on temperature and precipitation.

Wildlife around Fishguard is rich in flora and fauna: it shows a wide variety of colourful wild flowers and sea mammals including the grey seal, and even porpoises and dolphins. The local birdlife include Eurasian Curlew, Common Redshank and Sanderling regularly foraging in the lower fishguard harbour and European Stonechat, Great Cormorant and Northern Fulmar can be seen from the coastal path.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=wales

county/ country=pembrokeshire

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period=1945 - present

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