Cwmduad

Coordinates: 51°57′25″N 4°22′0″W / 51.95694°N 4.36667°W / 51.95694; -4.36667
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Cwmduad
Cwmduad is located in Carmarthenshire
Cwmduad
Cwmduad
Location within Carmarthenshire
OS grid referenceSN375313
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARMARTHEN
Postcode districtSA33
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire
51°57′25″N 4°22′0″W / 51.95694°N 4.36667°W / 51.95694; -4.36667

Cwmduad (Welsh "Cwm" valley + "duad" blackness (river Duad, in English Blackcombe)) is a village in Carmarthenshire, West Wales.

Location

Cwmduad is located on the

A484, just north of Cynwyl Elfed. The village is found at the confluence of the River Duad and River Bele. The nearest major settlements are Carmarthen to the South and Newcastle Emlyn
to the North.

History

A tollgate was located in Cwmduad village. There was at one time also a village school although this has since closed and the nearest primary school is now found at neighbouring Cynwyl Elfed. The village's

baptist
church was built in 1869 and restored in 1906.

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