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Protecting the Scheduled Historic Buildings and Monuments of Pembridge. A Registered Charity No 1060265

Pembridge the Village - Pembridge has clearly seen many changes since its inception. The village pre-dates the Domesday book. A community has existed at this place for over 1000 years. At one point in its history the village exceeded Leominster in size and was an important centre of commerce during the mediaeval period. Following the Industrial Revolution, Pembridge appeared to "fall off the map" and economic activity declined. The village was left alone to continue its rural traditions in relative isolation and, as a consequence, much of its medieval character remained unspoiled.

Tree-ring or dendrochronological analysis relies upon a number of basic concepts. Trees in temperate zones of the world have a single growing season and a single resting season each year. The anatomical result of this is an identifiable tree-ring within the trunk of the tree that has a distinct boundary marking the end of one growing season and the start of the next. Since the growing point of the trunk is the cambium layer directly under the bark, it follows that each years growth appears on the outside of the previous years growth. The oldest rings of a trunk are thus in the middle and the most recent rings are directly under the bark. Counting the rings provides as easy method of ageing trees but does not provide a method of dating the trees.

Ian takes a core sample from "The Garth"

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