Whitland
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Whitland
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Market Street, Whitland | |
Location within Carmarthenshire | |
Population | 1,792 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SN201165 |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WHITLAND |
Postcode district | SA34 |
Dialling code | 01994 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | |
Website | whitlandtowncouncil.co.uk |
Whitland (Welsh: Hendy-gwyn, lit. 'Old White House', or Hendy-gwyn ar Daf, lit. 'Old White House on the River Taf', from the medieval Ty Gwyn ar Daf) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Description
The Whitland community is bordered by the communities of: Henllanfallteg; Llanboidy; and Eglwyscummin, all being in Carmarthenshire; and by Lampeter Velfrey and Llanddewi Velfrey in Pembrokeshire.
According to the
Despite losing its dairy and remaining high street bank, Whitland has an estimated 125 small businesses as well as Whitland Engineering, which services the dairy industry and in 2019 employed 90 people.[2]
History
Traditionally, Whitland is seen as the site of an assembly of lawyers and churchmen, sometimes described as the first Welsh parliament, called in 930 by King Hywel Dda to codify the native Welsh laws.
Whitland takes its name from its medieval
Whitland has had a strong milk industry and, when the railway arrived in the 19th century, exported milk to London. Its dairy, run by
Hywel Dda Centre
The Hywel Dda Interpretive Centre is a publicly funded culture centre. It has a garden using reclaimed stone. Hywel Dda is considered[by whom?] one of the most accomplished of Welsh rulers, minting his own coins, codifying the traditional Welsh Laws, and using his diplomacy to secure Wales at a particularly turbulent period.
Governance
An electoral ward of the same name exists including the Henllanfallteg community with a total population of 2,272.[3] The ward elects one county councillor to Carmarthenshire County Council.[4]
Whitland also has a town council, consisting of elected or co-opted town councillors.[5] The town council elects a mayor annually, who acts as chair of the council.[6]
Railway
Whitland railway station is at the junction of the South Wales Main Line with two branch lines: Pembroke Dock, and Cardigan. The latter was closed as a result of the Beeching cuts in the early 1960s.
Education
There are two schools: the primary school is Ysgol Llys Hywel; the secondary is
Notable people
- William Mathias (1934–1992), composer, was born in Whitland.[7]
- Lorys Davies (1936–2021), Archdeacon of Bolton from 1992 until 2001.
References
- ^ a b "Community population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ a b "How Whitland has managed to survive and thrive". Pembroke Today. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- Plymouth University). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Whitland Town Council - Your Councillors". Whitland Town Council. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Whitland Town Council elect their Mayor". Tenby Observer. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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