Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire
Bethlehem is a tiny farming village in the county of
The centre of the village is approximately in front of the six houses opposite the
Location and history
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Bethlehem is overlooked by
The alternative Rock band Strangelove lived in a house just outside the village of Bethlehem through much of 1996 and wrote all of their third and final album there. Singer Patrick Duff composed a number of the songs, which spurned top forty chart success, while sitting on the stones on top of Carn Goch. He also became great friends with Bethlehem's post master at that time.
Etymology
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Events
Every year, the village hosts a traditional Christmas market.[1] A major attraction is to post Christmas cards from the village to get a Bethlehem postmark,[2] a practice that first gained national attention in about 1965.
External links
- William Morgan translates "Y Beibl"
- Map sources for Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire
References
- ^ Once a year, the classic Christmas village hosts a traditional Christmas market Waterscape.com
- ^ Christmas in Bethlehem The tiny farming village in west Wales attracts thousands of visitors every year, mainly so that they can send cards with that special postmark. Independent, 23 December 2007
51°54′45″N 3°54′48″W / 51.91246°N 3.91321°W
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