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'''Cwmifor''' is a small village in [[Carmarthenshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=OS GetOutside|language=en-gb}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Manordeilo and Salem]] community and is located between [[Llandeilo]] and [[Llandovery]], near to the A40. |
'''Cwmifor''' is a small village in [[Carmarthenshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors|url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/|access-date=2021-05-09|website=OS GetOutside|language=en-gb}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Manordeilo and Salem]] community and is located between [[Llandeilo]] and [[Llandovery]], near to the A40. |
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The village consists of a number of dispersed farmhouses built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the twentieth century, a number of small houses were built near to the A40, transforming the village into a 'small nucleated settlement'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CWM-IFOR - MANORDEILO|url=https://dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/HLCTowy/area/area201.htm|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Dyfed Archeological Trust}}</ref> |
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According to the 2021 UK Census, 26.8% |
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== History == |
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It is likely that the name Cwmifor derived from a person's name (translating as ‘Ifor's Valley’). It is unclear whom Ifor was. |
It is likely that the name Cwmifor derived from a person's name (translating as ‘Ifor's Valley’). It is unclear whom Ifor was. |
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An extensive Neolithic (4000-2200 BC) occupation site comprising numerous pits and post-holes, with finds of burnt bone, flints and charcoal, was recorded at Cwmifor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dyfed Aarchaeology|url=https://dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/tywiimages/ETbrochure.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Dyfed Archaeology}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2019|title=Neolithic Farming and Wild Plant Exploitation in Western Britain: Archaeobotanical and Crop Stable Isotope Evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC)|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A1A7351C293BCD3DB1A5C23CEA478BEE/S0079497X19000124a.pdf/neolithic_farming_and_wild_plant_exploitation_in_western_britain_archaeobotanical_and_crop_stable_isotope_evidence_from_wales_c_40002200_cal_bc.pdf|journal=Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society|volume=85|pages=193-222}}</ref> |
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The lower part of Cwmifor village is known as Caledfwlch. According to tradition, the name derives from events during the Middle Ages. In June 1257, a battle was fought at Coed Llathen, between the English, led by [[Stephen Bauzan]], and the Welsh, led by Maredydd ab Rhys, the great grandson of Arglwydd Rhys, Lord of Deheubarth and Dinefwr. |
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A turnpike road was established in the eighteenth century and followed the line of the Roman road although the course through Cwmifor was straightened under [[Thomas Telford]] in the 1820s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ystrad Tywi|url=https://dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/HLCTowy/area/area196.htm|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Dyfed Archaeological Trust}}</ref> |
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In 2002, Carmarthenshire Council earmarked the village primary school for closure. According to one report, the school had twenty three pupils at the time of the decision.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 September 2002|title=Parents fight school closure plans|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2253284.stm|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=BBC News}}</ref> In 2007, it was reported on social media that the school had a total of seven pupils.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/positiveparents/status/5727437488914432?s=21|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> |
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== Landmarks == |
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St Paul's Church is a nineteenth-century church in Cwmifor. While is was originally designed as a Roman Catholic church, it became an Anglican chapel of ease once it was completed. The church is built of squared stone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Paul's Church, Cwm-ifor, Manordeilo, Coflein|url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/421081/|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Coflein}}</ref> |
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A Baptist chapel was built in 1789, enlarged in 1836 and renovated in 1864. It is built in the simple round-headed style with a long-wall entry plan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cwmifor Welsh Baptist Church|url=https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/6354/|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Coflein}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=See Around Britain|url=https://seearoundbritain.com/venues/welsh-baptist-chapel-cwmifor-carmarthenshire|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> |
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The village hall, or reading room, is next door to St Paul's Church. |
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== Miscellaneous == |
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The village post office is open three mornings per week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Royal Mail|url=https://www.royalmail.com/services-near-you/post-office/cwmifor-sa19-7aw|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Cwmifor is a small village in Carmarthenshire.[1] It is a part of the Manordeilo and Salem community and is located between Llandeilo and Llandovery, near to the A40.
The village consists of a number of dispersed farmhouses built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the twentieth century, a number of small houses were built near to the A40, transforming the village into a 'small nucleated settlement'.[2]
According to the 2021 UK Census, 26.8%
History
It is likely that the name Cwmifor derived from a person's name (translating as ‘Ifor's Valley’). It is unclear whom Ifor was.
An extensive Neolithic (4000-2200 BC) occupation site comprising numerous pits and post-holes, with finds of burnt bone, flints and charcoal, was recorded at Cwmifor.[3][4]
A turnpike road was established in the eighteenth century and followed the line of the Roman road although the course through Cwmifor was straightened under Thomas Telford in the 1820s.[5]
In 2002, Carmarthenshire Council earmarked the village primary school for closure. According to one report, the school had twenty three pupils at the time of the decision.[6] In 2007, it was reported on social media that the school had a total of seven pupils.[7]
Landmarks
St Paul's Church is a nineteenth-century church in Cwmifor. While is was originally designed as a Roman Catholic church, it became an Anglican chapel of ease once it was completed. The church is built of squared stone.[8]
A Baptist chapel was built in 1789, enlarged in 1836 and renovated in 1864. It is built in the simple round-headed style with a long-wall entry plan.[9][10]
The village hall, or reading room, is next door to St Paul's Church.
Miscellaneous
The village post office is open three mornings per week.[11]
References
- ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "CWM-IFOR - MANORDEILO". Dyfed Archeological Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dyfed Aarchaeology" (PDF). Dyfed Archaeology. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Neolithic Farming and Wild Plant Exploitation in Western Britain: Archaeobotanical and Crop Stable Isotope Evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 85: 193–222. 2019.
- ^ "Ystrad Tywi". Dyfed Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Parents fight school closure plans". BBC News. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Twitter". Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "St Paul's Church, Cwm-ifor, Manordeilo, Coflein". Coflein. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cwmifor Welsh Baptist Church". Coflein. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "See Around Britain". Retrieved 25 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Royal Mail". Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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