Trelech
Trelech (Welsh: Tre-lech) is a village in the parish of Tre-lech a'r Betws, Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales. It is also the name of the community. Trelech is located some 10 miles north-west of Carmarthen and 6.5 miles south of Newcastle Emlyn.
Description
The population taken at the
The community is bordered by the communities of: Cenarth; Cynwyl Elfed; Abernant; Meidrim; and Llanwinio, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by Clydau in Pembrokeshire.
The village is home to the
Trelech has a community centre (in the building, across the road, which housed the modern school's predecessor) and a pub, the Tafarn Beca. However, given the area's very rural and lightly populated nature, the village no longer has a shop or post office. There is a children's play area, and the school also has a small soccer field.
Governance
A Trelech electoral ward exists which covers the area. This ward stretches beyond the confines of Trelech community with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,072.[2]
Notable people
- David Rees, (1801–1869), a reforming Welsh Congregationalist minister, also known as Y Cynhyrfwr
- Perceval Gibbon (1879–1926), an author, journalist, poet and short-story writer.
- David Nott OBE OStJ FRCS (born 1956) a Welsh consultant surgeon in London, he volunteers to work in disaster and war zones. He grew up with his grandparents in Trelech
References
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
