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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.

Finally, the technique can only date the rings in a sample. The outer rings are the most recent (and only the ring directly under the bark is capable of providing the actual felling year of the tree), and these outermost edges of trees are often cut off during the process of converting round trees into square beams. In oak these rings are also sapwood, rather than heartwood, which makes them much more vulnerable to beetle attack or physical abrasion. Hence, it is only by careful selection of the available material, and no small amount of skill and luck, that samples that provide dates precise to the felling year are obtainable, otherwise estimates of the numbers of missing rings have to be made which provide a less precise date for the structure of interest.

A completed core ready for analysis

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