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The Sampler Tearoom and Museum, St Davids, Wales, United Kingdom

Situated in St Davids, Wales, The Sampler Tearoom and Museum has as their primary focus in the Museum old Samplers. Currently they have about 50 antique samplers displayed, the oldest at the moment is from 1728 by Martha Mottershead (In the year of our lord 1728 In the reign of King George and Queen Caroline I finished these lines) ranging through to one worked during air raids in 1940 by Nevarte Kurk.

Accordingly we have a slave sampler, an acrostic sampler, memorial samplers, miniature samplers, military and schoolroom samplers, map sampler.

When you visit our Teashop, there is information for you to read about the research we have done on the samplers, whilst enjoying your cream Tea or cappuccino. Most samplers can be of genealogical interest, and some fascinating family histories have emerged.

Take away sandwiches and drinks are available, as are our popular Welsh Cakes, also Cakes and Barabrith can be baked to order with 1 or 2 days notice.

We also sell our homemade jams and chutneys, and have some sampler postcards and literature available to purchase.

Sorry we do not accept Credit or Debit Cards or Travellers cheques. Payment by Cash or cheque only.

Disabled Access: We have been given a special award by Pembrokeshire Access Group acknowledging our accessibility for disabled people.

Needlework Tools and Paraphernalia
We have recently been collecting some tools and items of interest that are connected with Sampler making - these are on display in the Tearoom cabinet.

Fossils
We have a display of fossils from around the coast of Britain and further afield, and examples of some you can watch out for yourself on local beaches.

Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks
We have a collection of items recovered from local Pembrokeshire shipwrecks and created a display illustrating the many wrecks around our coast.

Pembrokeshire in the War
Quite a lot went on in Pembrokeshire during World War II, despite its remoteness and we have done some research to find out a bit more about this and put together a small display to illustrate it.

The Home Front Experience
In our cellar WW2 Air Raid Shelter, we have items displayed of the war on the Home front - from fireguards, to ARP wardens and bomb disposal - aspects of air raid precautions and many items that our older customers remember with nostalgia. The background music is taken from the archives of the period.

2000 years of British History from the foreshore of the River Thames
Chris has a long standing interest in archaeology ? in particular he used to spend time ?mud-larking? on the Thames foreshore. He has put together a fascinating display of some of his finds including roman and medieval coins, pottery and artefacts (with even a tudor childs shoe!) with detailed information on their history.