Treffgarne

Treffgarne
Wolfscastle
Treffgarne Wolfscastle;
Principal area	Pembrokeshire;
Preserved county	Dyfed;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode district	SA62
Dialling code	01437
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire;
	List of places UK Wales Pembrokeshire 51°52′27″N 4°58′10″W / 51.8742°N 4.9694°W

Treffgarne (

Western Cleddau river, and close to the main A40 road from Fishguard to Haverfordwest

. The area has an interesting local geology and evidence of mineral extraction at least as far back as Roman times. The present village is medieval in origin.

Geology

The village name is derived from the Welsh-language words tref ("town") and carn ("cairn, mound, rock"). The reference in this case is to the Treffgarne Rocks, a series of ancient

Roman road from Carmarthen into Pembrokeshire

.

History

The site of the village itself goes back to at least the

strip lynchet field system to the north of the village. The current parish church, dedicated to St Michael, stands in a roughly, rectangular churchyard near the centre of the village. The church was totally rebuilt in 1881,^[6] though the 14th-15th century font and water stoup date from the 11th century.^[7] The church was mentioned in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of 1291. Inside it are some ornate and colorful stained glass windows originally made in Munich and which were allegedly transported by horse and cart from St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.^[8] The church may sit on an even older monastic site although this may be more likely located at Little Treffgarne Farm.^[9] In the 19th century, ruins were found near the church including arches and walls.^[10] It was thought that this was the remains of a Cistercian monastery but is more likely to have been the site of a hospitium

serving pilgrims on the road to St David's.

There was evidence of earlier encampments near Treffarne, but these had been leveled by the 19th century.[11]

Now bypassed by the modern A40 trunk road from Fishguard to Haverfordwest, the village originally sat on the turnpike that ran between these two towns.^[11] Until the 1970s the village was quite small with no more than 120 inhabitants but has since grown with the development of a modern estate to the west of the church. Close to the village to the west is Treffgarne Hall, erected in 1842 by Dr. Evans. It was converted into a restaurant in 1979 by executive chef Derek Stenson and his partner John Neville, former sous chef at the Dorchester Hotel, but this endeavour did not last.

Close to the village to the northeast is the disused Treffgarne Quarry which provided roadstone.

Notable people

Thomas Nicholas (1820-1879), Welsh antiquary and educator, born in Treffgarne.^[12]

References

^ Bevins, R. E. (1994). A Mineralogy of Wales. National Museum of Wales.
^ "Museum Wales: Mineralogy database 72". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010.
^ Geological Magazine, Published by Cambridge University Press, 1866, Item notes: v.3, page 378
^ "Mineral Database | National Museum Wales". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ "University of Exeter: A List of Mines in Pembrokeshire". Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ Jones, W., 1994, Quinquennial Report, Trefgarn.
^ Pevsner Architectural Guides Pembrokeshire: The Buildings of Wales, Thomas Lloyd, 2003
^ "St Michael's Church".
^ "Possible Church Site, Little Treffgarne (423586)". Coflein. RCAHMW.
^ "Myths and Legends".
^ ^a ^b "GENUKI: Treffgarne". Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ Jenkins, John Austin (1894). "Nicholas, Thomas (1820-1879)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. p. 433.

External links

[1] Bevins, R. E. (1994). A Mineralogy of Wales. National Museum of Wales.

[2] "Museum Wales: Mineralogy database 72". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010.

[3] Geological Magazine, Published by Cambridge University Press, 1866, Item notes: v.3, page 378

[4] "Mineral Database | National Museum Wales". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[5] "University of Exeter: A List of Mines in Pembrokeshire". Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[6] Jones, W., 1994, Quinquennial Report, Trefgarn.

[7] Pevsner Architectural Guides Pembrokeshire: The Buildings of Wales, Thomas Lloyd, 2003

[8] "St Michael's Church".

[9] "Possible Church Site, Little Treffgarne (423586)". Coflein. RCAHMW.

[10] "Myths and Legends".

[GENUKI-11] "GENUKI: Treffgarne". Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[12] Jenkins, John Austin (1894). "Nicholas, Thomas (1820-1879)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. p. 433.

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