Cwmifor
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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%[clarification needed]
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.
References
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- ^ "CWM-IFOR - MANORDEILO". Dyfed Archeological Trust. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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- ^ "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.
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