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Map of places in Carmarthenshire compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the principal area of Carmarthenshire, Wales
Carmarthen Park: 1973: Stone circle: Stone: Erected to mark the 1974 National Eisteddfod of Wales: Carmarthen Dragon Blue Street Roundabout, A4232, Carmarthen: 2007: Tony Woodman Sculpture of a dragon: Stainless steel: Originally made for the Heart of the Dragon Festival in Newcastle Emlyn [13] Merlin Merlin's Walk, Carmarthen: 2010: Simon Hedger
John Speed's 1610 map of Carmarthen. Carmarthen, 1823 Carmarthen, Entrance from the Bridge, 1865. One of the earliest recorded Eisteddfodau took place at Carmarthen in about 1451, presided over by Gruffudd ap Nicolas. [24] [25] The Book of Ordinances (1569–1606) is one of the earliest surviving minute books of a town in Wales. It gives a ...
The majority of local train services west of Carmarthen are timed to connect with the London Paddington services at either Swansea or Cardiff Central. [8] Station seen from distance. To the west, Transport for Wales operate services to Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven and Fishguard Harbour. Carmarthen is the eastern terminus for a few of these ...
Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-pysgod, lit. 'fortlet of the fish') is a seaside town and community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales.It lies within Carmarthen Bay.. Notable features include 3 miles (4.8 km) of sandy beaches and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, the 13th-century medieval town walls, including the Five Arches barbican gatehouse, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, the 15th-century St. Mary's ...
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 ...
Carmarthenshire is a county in the south-west of Wales.It covers an area of 2,370 km 2 (920 sq mi). [1] In 2021 the population was approximately 188,200. [2]The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales was established in 2002 and given statutory status in 2022.
Calvinistic Methodists were active in Carmarthen from around 1740, and a group met at a house in Goose Street (later known as St Catherine Street). [1] The key figure in the establishment of the cause at Water Street was Peter Williams, a native of the area who had been converted to Methodism in 1743 under the influence of George Whitfield. [1]