ROOSE (HUNDRED)

The Hundred of 'Roose' (sometimes called Rowse) was a hundred in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was formed by the Act of Union of 1536 and was essentially identical to the pre-Norman cantref of Rhos^[1]. It derives its Welsh name from its position nearly surrounded by water, bounded east by the tidal Western Cleddau, south by Milford Haven and west by St Brides Bay. ''Rhos'' locally means (among other things) "promontory"^[2]. The English form is a corruption of the Welsh. The hundred, with its capital at Haverfordwest was the original centre of the Norman/English "plantation" in the 12th century, and it has been entirely English-speaking since then, forming the core of Little England beyond Wales.

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1. Charles, B. G., ''The Placenames of Pembrokeshire'', National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 570
2. Charles, ''ibid'', p 810