Discover Tenby’s rich past and surrounding scenery through a Victorian-era lens that blends history with travel insight.
This volume presents a historical sketch of Tenby and its vicinity, drawing on published authorities to trace the town’s origins, walls, harbours, and notable monuments. It offers a compact portrait of Tenby as a mercantile harbor founded by Flemish settlers, with reflections on architecture, local churches, tombs, and the changes that shaped the town and its landscape.
- Learn how Tenby grew from a fishing town into a fortified mercantile center with distinctive Flemish influence.
- Explore descriptions of old gateways, walls, arches, and pillars that shaped the town’s silhouette.
- See how churches, chancel stones, tombs, and monuments reveal centuries of local history and use.
- Get a sense of nearby sights in Pembrokeshire, including St. David’s and Milford Haven, and the landscape that surrounds Tenby.
Ideal for readers of local history, coastal travel narratives, and anyone curious about Pembrokeshire’s past and its scenic connections.
John Treble recently retired as Professor of Economics at Swansea University. He has previously taught and held visiting posts in the UK, North America, Europe and Australia. His work is mainly in labour economics, with some forays into economic history. Professor Treble was the founder of Britain's national labour economics conference, now called the Work and Pensions Economics Group, and served a full term on the founding Committee of the European Society of Labour Economists.