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Carmarthen Borough Council was a local authority in the central part of Carmarthenshire, Wales created in 1835 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It succeeded the Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Carmarthen established by a Royal Charter of 1604.
The town council is based at St Peter's Civic Hall at 1 Nott Square, a 19th century building which was formerly used as a church hall before being bought by the town council in 1977. [33] [34] The county council is also based in the town, having its headquarters at County Hall on Castle Hill, occupying much of the site of Carmarthen Castle. [35]
Carmarthen Town North and South (Welsh: Gogledd a De Tref Caerfyrddin) is an electoral ward for Carmarthenshire County Council in Carmarthen, Wales. It is represented by three county councillors. It is represented by three county councillors.
The council meets and has its main offices at County Hall in Carmarthen, which had been completed in 1955 for the original Carmarthenshire County Council, and served as the headquarters of Dyfed County Council between 1974 and 1996. [28] The council has customer service centres in Ammanford, Carmarthen and Llanelli. [29]
All of them have a community council, with eleven calling themselves town councils in Ammanford, Carmarthen, Cwmamman, Kidwelly, Llandeilo, Llandovery, Llanelli, Newcastle Emlyn, Pembrey and Burry Port Town, St Clears and Whitland.
Carmarthen Borough Council was a local authority created by the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act and replaced the ancient borough that had existed since medieval times. The Council consisted of 24 members, eighteen of whom were elected councillors and the remaining six were aldermen.
The Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Carmarthen were established by a royal charter of 1604. The Mayorship was transferred in 1835 to Carmarthen Borough Council, and following local government reorganization in 1974 to Carmarthen Town Council.
The fort at Carmarthen dates from around 75 AD, and there is a Roman amphitheatre nearby, so this probably makes Carmarthen the oldest continually occupied town in Wales. [ 9 ] Carmarthenshire has its early roots in the region formerly known as Ystrad Tywi ('Vale of [the river] Tywi') and part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth during the High Middle ...