Templeton, Pembrokeshire

These burgesses were "de vento" - "of the wind" meaning they were not property owners within the settlement but were permitted to come in and out of trade on a regular basis.

[4] The layout of the present village is an example of deliberate planning in the Middle Ages, with a single main street fronted by houses with their respected plots extending behind each dwelling.

The Pembrokeshire county history records also show open fields in Molleston and Templeton being enclosed for pasture.

In the late 18th century the countryside continued to change with woodland disappearing, more land being enclosed and farming dominating the landscape.

The 1870 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Templeton as "a chapelry, with a village, in Narberth parish, Pembroke; 5 miles SSW of Narberth-Road r. station.

[3] Opened in 1943, RAF Templeton had three concrete runways and was originally a base for 306 Ferry Training Unit which used twin engined Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber aircraft.

[12] The disused runways are now occasionally used for military exercises and low flying training with Hercules transport aircraft.

[13] Some sources (including the UK Ordnance Survey) place the 1081 Battle of Mynydd Carn within the boundary of the airfield.

Templeton's importance declined with the closures of the brickworks and the blacksmith but it remains active with a nineteenth-century pub, the Boars Head, a primary school, church, chapel and park.

The Boars Head pub
Templeton Station