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Llandeilo

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Llandeilo is a community and town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge. [1]

81 relations: A483 road, Ammanford, Association football, Baptistery, Bishop of Lichfield, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of St David's, Brecon Beacons National Park, Brittany, Carmarthen, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Assembly constituency), Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency), Carmarthenshire, Carmel National Nature Reserve, Carmel, Carmarthenshire, Carreg Cennen Castle, Castra, Celtic Christianity, Celtic cross, Chad of Mercia, Clas (ecclesiastical settlement), Community (Wales), Deheubarth, Dinefwr Castle, Diocese, Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Dyfed, Dyffryn Cennen, Edward I of England, Farmers' market, Ffairfach, Folk punk, Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, Great Britain, Great Storm of 1987, Heart of Wales line, Lattice truss bridge, Le Conquet, Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield Gospels, List of lattice girder bridges in the United Kingdom, List of National Trust properties in Wales, Listed building, Llan (placename), Llandaff Cathedral, Llandeilo Bridge, Llandeilo railway station, Llandeilo RFC, Llandilo, New South Wales, Llandovery, ..., Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Llangathen, Manordeilo and Salem, Market town, National Eisteddfod of Wales, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Norman conquest of England, Parish church, Patron saint, Rachel Barrett, Rhys ap Gruffydd, River Tywi, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, Saint David, Saint Teilo, Shrewsbury, Sister city, St David's Cathedral, St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo, Swansea, Talley Abbey, Tŷ Hafan, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Town, Turlough (lake), Wales, Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, Welsh language, Welsh Rugby Union, Women's Social and Political Union, Women's suffrage in Wales. Expand index (31 more) »

A483 road

The A483, also known as the Swansea to Chester Trunk Road, is a major road in the United Kingdom.

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Ammanford

Ammanford (Rhydaman) is a town and community in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population 5,293 according to the Office for National Statistics (2001), increasing to 5,411 at the 2011 census.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Baptistery

In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French baptisterie; Latin baptisterium; Greek βαπτιστήριον, 'bathing-place, baptistery', from βαπτίζειν, baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal font.

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Bishop of Lichfield

The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Llandaff

The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.

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Bishop of St David's

The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

The Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Carmarthen

Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin, "Merlin's fort") is the county town of Carmarthenshire in Wales.

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Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Assembly constituency)

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (UK Parliament constituency)

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Dwyrain Caerfyrddin a Dinefwr) is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally Sir Gâr) is a unitary authority in the southwest of Wales and is the largest of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Carmel National Nature Reserve

Carmel National Nature Reserve lies close to the village of Carmel in Carmarthenshire.

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Carmel, Carmarthenshire

Carmel is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales near the village of Cross Hands.

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Carreg Cennen Castle

Carreg Cennen Castle (Welsh: Castell Carreg Cennen meaning castle (on the) rock (above the) Cennen) is a castle near the River Cennen, in the village of Trap, four miles south of Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Castra

In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (plural castra) was a building, or plot of land, used as a fortified military camp.

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Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity or Insular Christianity refers broadly to certain features of Christianity that were common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.

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Celtic cross

The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland and Britain in the Early Middle Ages.

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Chad of Mercia

Chad (died 2 March 672) was a prominent 7th century Anglo-Saxon churchman, who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People.

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Clas (ecclesiastical settlement)

A clas (Welsh clasau) was a native Christian church in early medieval Wales.

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Community (Wales)

A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Deheubarth

Deheubarth (lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South") was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia).

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Dinefwr Castle

Dinefwr Castle (sometimes anglicised as Dynevor) is a Welsh castle overlooking the River Tywi near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Diocese

The word diocese is derived from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration".

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Dolaucothi Gold Mines

The Dolaucothi Gold Mines (Mwynfeydd Aur Dolaucothi), also known as the Ogofau Gold Mine, are ancient Roman surface and underground mines located in the valley of the River Cothi, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Dyfed

Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974, as an amalgamation of the three pre-existing counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. It was abolished twenty-two years later, on 1 April 1996, when the three original counties were reinstated, Cardiganshire being renamed Ceredigion the following day. The name "Dyfed" is retained for certain ceremonial and other purposes. It is a mostly rural county in southwestern Wales with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel.

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Dyffryn Cennen

Dyffryn Cennen is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Edward I of England

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots (Malleus Scotorum), was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

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Farmers' market

A farmers' market is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers.

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Ffairfach

Ffairfach is a village south of the market town of Llandeilo in the eastern part of Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Folk punk

Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock.

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Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire

Golden Grove (Gelli Aur) is a mansion and estate in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire located southwest of Llandeilo.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Great Storm of 1987

The Great Storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15–16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in England, France and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast.

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Heart of Wales line

The Heart of Wales line (Rheilffordd Calon Cymru) is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in southwest Wales.

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Lattice truss bridge

A lattice bridge is a form of truss bridge that uses a large number of small and closely spaced diagonal elements that form a lattice.

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Le Conquet

Le Conquet (Konk-Leon in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

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Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

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Lichfield Gospels

The Lichfield Gospels (recently more often referred to as the St Chad Gospels, but also known as the Book of Chad, the Gospels of St Chad, the St Teilo Gospels, the Llandeilo Gospels, and variations on these) is an 8th century Insular Gospel Book housed in Lichfield Cathedral.

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List of lattice girder bridges in the United Kingdom

This list is intended to help identify a particular early form of lattice girder bridge which was popular with bridge engineers particularly in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century.

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List of National Trust properties in Wales

Below is a list of the stately homes, historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums, estates, coastline and open country in the care of the National Trust in Wales, grouped into the unitary authority areas.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Llan (placename)

Llan and its variants (lan; lann; lhan) are a common placename element in Brythonic languages.

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Llandaff Cathedral

Llandaff Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf) is an Anglican cathedral and parish church in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.

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Llandeilo Bridge

Llandeilo Bridge (Welsh: Pont Llandeilo) is a Grade II* listed road bridge crossing the River Towy in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Llandeilo railway station

Llandeilo railway station (formerly "Llandilo Junction for the Carmarthen Line") serves the small town of Llandeilo, West Wales.

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Llandeilo RFC

Llandeilo Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Llandeilo, in Carmarthenshire, west Wales.

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Llandilo, New South Wales

Llandilo is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 54 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith.

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Llandovery

Llandovery (Llanymddyfri) is a community and market town in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Llanfihangel Aberbythych

Llanfihangel Aberbythych is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Llangathen

Llangathen is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Manordeilo and Salem

Manordeilo and Salem is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the most important of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person.

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Rachel Barrett

Rachel Barrett (12 November 1874 – 26 August 1953) was a suffragette and newspaper editor born in Carmarthen, Wales.

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Rhys ap Gruffydd

Rhys ap Gruffydd or ap Gruffudd (often anglicised to "Griffith") (1132 – 28 April 1197) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales from 1155 to 1197.

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River Tywi

The River Tywi (Afon Tywi) or Towy is the longest river flowing entirely within Wales.

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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW; Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru), established in 1908, is a Welsh Government sponsored body concerned with the archaeological, architectural and historic environment of Wales.

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Saint David

Saint David (Dewi Sant; Davidus; 500 589) was a Welsh bishop of Mynyw (now St Davids) during the 6th century; he was later regarded as a saint.

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Saint Teilo

Saint Teilo (Teliarus or Teliavus; TeliauWainewright, John. "" in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 Jul 2013. or Telo; Télo or Théleau; – 9 February), also known by his Cornish name Eliud, was a British Christian monk, bishop, and founder of monasteries and churches from Penalun (Penally) near Tenby in Pembrokeshire, south Wales.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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St David's Cathedral

St Davids Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi) is situated in St Davids in the county of Pembrokeshire, on the most westerly point of Wales.

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St Teilo's Church, Llandeilo

The St Teilo's Church, is an Anglican parish church in the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe), is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir Abertawe) in Wales, UK.

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Talley Abbey

Talley Abbey (Abaty Talyllychau) is a ruined former monastery of the Premonstratensians ("White Canons") in the village of Talley in Carmarthenshire, Wales, six miles (10 km) north of the market town of Llandeilo.

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Tŷ Hafan

Tŷ Hafan is a Welsh registered charity that provides holistic palliative care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families from throughout Wales.

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The Men They Couldn't Hang

The Men They Couldn't Hang (TMTCH) are a British folk punk group.

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Town

A town is a human settlement.

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Turlough (lake)

A turlough, or turlach, is a type of disappearing lake found mostly in limestone areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) (Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

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Women's Social and Political Union

The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1917.

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Women's suffrage in Wales

Women's suffrage in Wales has historically been marginalised due to the prominence of societies and political groups in England which led the reform for women throughout the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandeilo

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