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Human settlement in Wales
Kilgetty
Kilgetty is located in PembrokeshireKilgettyKilgettyLocation within Pembrokeshire
Population1,207 
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKILGETTY
Postcode districtSA68
Dialling code01834
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°43′55″N 4°43′05″W / 51.73205°N 4.718113°W / 51.73205; -4.718113

Kilgetty (Welsh: Cilgeti; Welsh pronunciation) is a village immediately north of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the junction of the A477 between St. Clears and Pembroke Dock and the A478 between Tenby and Cardigan.

Community

The villages of Kilgetty, Reynalton and Begelly make up the community of Kilgetty/Begelly. In 2011 it had a population of 1,207.

History

Kilgetty, in Narberth Hundred and the parish of St Issel's, was the name of an ancient mansion owned by the Picton family and was already decaying in the 19th century, according to Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Wales published in 1833. It was subsequently. demolished. The remnants of the garden are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.

Coal mining

Kilgetty has an industrial heritage and was part of the Pembrokeshire anthracite coalfield. Coal had been mined locally since the middle ages and was easily accessible as the coal seams were comparatively close to the surface. While musch larger colliery settlements emerged further east in the nineteenth century the coal industry in Pembrokeshire also expanded. During the 1870s the miners of the locality became involved with the Amalgamated Association of Miners and in 1874 trade union leader Thomas Halliday addressed the miners of the locality on Begelly Common.

The last Pembrokeshire coal mine, at Kilgetty, closed in 1950.

Amenities

The village has local shopping facilities, a pub, which was called the Railway Inn, now the White Horse, and a sports club that has a cricket and football ground. There is a local scout group known as 1st Kilgetty. St Mary's Mission Church in the village closed for worship in the 1990s and is now a private residence. Kilgetty railway station is a request stop on the West Wales Line.

Kilgetty

References

  1. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. S. Lewis (1833). Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. Cadw. "Kilgetty (PGW(Dy)33(PEM))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. "Mr Halliday in Pembrokeshire". Pembrokshire Herald. 19 June 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  6. "Pembrokeshire Virtual Museum - Coal Mining". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. "St Mary's Mission Church, Kilgetty (11710)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. "3 Bedroom Cottage For Sale in Carmarthen Road". housesforsaletorent.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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