Daniel jones and family milford haven, carmarthen and llanelli. The hafod morfa copperworks was once the crucible of the global copper industry and vital to swanseas development. Jul 12, 2018 although the club has finished for the summer, it doesnt mean we have to stop taking photos. Following advice in regard to the recent introduction of emergency legislation to safeguard public health by the w. Situated in the ever links development on the edge of machynys, within easy reach of local schools. In llanelli, in particular, throwing around the names of some of the bars of years gone by will. It straddles the bonymaen and landore wards and generally covers the eastern part of the district of landore morfa is originally an old welsh word for marsh, not so much used in current parlance but found in welsh placenames. A short history of llanelly 1897 llanelly has no rival as the chief town in carmarthenshire, and excluding some great centres in glamorganshire it is the most considerable and important town from, commercial and other standpoints in wales. Morfa, llanaelhaearn, gwynedd history in structure. Located on the loughor estuary, some 10 miles 16 km northwest of swansea and 12 miles 19 km southeast of the county town, carmarthen, llanelli is famous for its rugby tradition and as a centre of tinplate production. This beautiful book documents the rich and unrivalled rugby heritage of the club, from its first game in 1876 through to the present day, offering a comprehensive history of the rugby club and its place. Not everyone in llanelli is sad to see the hymn books packed away. Morfa tinplate works were built at llanelli, carmarthenshire by octavius williams for messrs. Llanelli is the birthplace and home of terry griffiths obe, snooker world champion in 1979 and runner up in 1988.
Nevill and the llanelly iron shipping company, national library of wales journal, vol. Thomas and clement, morfa foundry, llanelli, records. Translation memories are created by human, but computer aligned, which might cause mistakes. This book draws on an assortment of some 200 old maps, prints. It remained the home for llanelli rfc for nearly years, and later for the regional side scarlets, but closed in november 2008 when the teams new home, parc y scarlets, opened in nearby pemberton. Another morfa lady left our world yesterday the lovely marie thomas,arc every. Administrative biographical history henry thomas, an ironworker, and john clement, an accountant, of llanelli, carmarthenshire, first entered into partnership as ironfounders in 1874, trading as thomas and clement, morfa foundry, llanelli, and producing various machinery. We are also providing free access to the ancestry library edition from home. He holds the town in the very highest regard and his pride in llanelli shines through the entire book. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since.
View our wide selection of houses and flats for sale in westbury street, llanelli sa15. The works were opened in 1851, and ceased steel production in 1895. A history of llanelli borough council david f griffiths on. Ysgol maes y morfa school road morfa llanelli sa15 2ap. James griffiths 19871975 book commissioned by the labour party. Morfa is a grade ii listed building in llanaelhaearn, gwynedd, wales. Property for sale in westbury street, llanelli sa15 buy. Property to rent in morfa, carmarthenshire renting in morfa. Canolfan deuluol morfa family centre, school road, llanelli. Story of a town 2nd revised edition by john edwards isbn. I used to go to sunday school in the morfa when i was. Nostalgic memories of morfas local history inspired by photos in the francis frith collection. The largest town in the county of carmarthenshire, llanelli has a long and illustrious history. Area information for the avenue, morfa, llanelli, wales, sa15 2dp.
Also on the tour was lchs vice chair, lyn john, who provided the historical narrative for the journey which included many of the blue plaques that were seen on. This page combines information for the address the avenue, morfa, llanelli, wales, sa15 2dp, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. Bombing of llanelli wwii llanelli community heritage. Search through 16 detached properties and semidetached houses for sale in morfa, llanelli from. Find property to let in morfa, carmarthenshire with the uks leading online property market resource. Maes y morfa primary community school olive street morfa llanelli carmarthenshire sa15 2ap telephone. Owner scrap and merchant bobby bradley of morfa ynys farm llanelli. A journey on the morfa bus llanelli community heritage. Sold house prices in morfa, llanelli, carmarthenshire, mid wales. Jul 27, 2014 i was born in llanelli, i grew up on marble hall road, just a little way up from capel als, an independent chapel with a yard paved by gravestones. Im optimistic because im aware of the history of the. Oct, 20 john edwards is llanelli born and bred and llanelli through and through. Use rightmove online house price checker tool to find out exactly how much properties sold for in morfa, llanelli, carmarthenshire, mid wales since 1995 based on official land registry data. Church and chapel congregations are slowly deserting their places.
Cameron davy, 18, from birmingham was found in a block of flats at clos dewi medi in morfa, llanelli with 29 wraps of the class a drug and. See houses, flats and bungalows for rent in morfa, carmarthenshire from the top letting agents. Anything you have spotted or want to share with the llanelli community this is the page for you. Search the phone book from bt to find contact details of businesses across the uk. Ffordd y morfa, llanelli, sa14 6sl residents, businesses. Hafod morfa copperworks welcome to swanseas hafod morfa. House prices in morfa, llanelli, carmarthenshire, mid wales. Aug 12, 2014 a film showing the morfa, machynys and new dock area of llanelli back in 1963. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. On this website, you will find information about the sites past, present and future. At morfa family centre everyone is greeted with a warm welcome. It is now the centre of an innovative heritage led regeneration project. Contact details maes y morfa primary community school. A short history of llanelly 1897 llanelli community heritage.
Written by ian morgan llanelli naturalists newsletter may 1995 no 1 ian morgan. Interesting information for heol morfa, llanelli, wales, sa15. Property details for 2 blaen y morfa llanelli sa15 2bg zoopla. Chapels database for llanelli parish, carmarthenshire. Family history llanelli carmarthenshire 1100 curious fox. The postcode is within the glanymor wardelectoral division, which is in the uk parliamentary constituency of llanelli. This page combines information for the address heol morfa, llanelli, wales, sa15 2aw, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. We would like to thank our customers for continued support in these difficult times.
It wasnt as heavily bombed as neighbouring swansea, but there still werent many old buildings in the area where i grew up the morfa has as few fantastic victorian streets and shops. Blaen y morfa, sa15 has properties on it with a current average value of. Llanelli is home to the company tinopolis, one of the britains largest. Llanelli is one of the most famous rugby towns in the world and, as such, has one of the most passionately supported rugby clubs, the scarlets. Ysgol maes y morfa school road morfa llanelli sa15 2ap llwynhendy childrens centre off llwynhendy road llwynhendy llanelli sa14 9dp tel. See all books memories of morfa read and share your memories of morfa itself or of a particular photo of morfa. Property to rent in morfa, carmarthenshire renting in. Their history was chronicled in a volume by bbc journalist huw edwards. Llanelli hit by wave of county lines drug gangs uk news the.
But a long list of pubs and bars are now just a story themselves. Find properties to buy in westbury street, llanelli sa15 with the uks largest datadriven property portal. For this and lots of other information about sa14 6sl, click here. Tales from the pubs that dont exist anymore in llanelli. Llanelli east inm produced by the active travel web site. Morfa, dyfed near llanelli photos, maps, books and memories of morfa wrong place. He has lived there all his life with the exception of naval service and university study. How much are people paying for property in ffordd y morfa.
Browse 7 photo books on morfa and the surrounding area. Their factory in llanelli, commonly known as the burry box works, was located at machynys. Llanelli is the largest town in the county of carmarthenshire and the preserved county of dyfed. All books etc list william the harpist as son of john robert lewis and mary roberts. A film showing the morfa, machynys and new dock area of llanelli back in 1963. A summary of the wildlife communities found on the alluvial flats southeast of llanelli carmarthenshire, vc44 is given and it is recommended that this area albeit now much diminished is belatedly recognised as holding a very similar landscape to the celebrated gwent levels. This freehold terraced house is located at 2 blaen y morfa, llanelli sa15 2bg and has an estimated current value of. John edwards is the foremost historian on all matters llanelli. Timeline of llanelli history news newspapers books scholar. Now a coach and snooker commentator, he runs the terry griffiths matchroom in the town centre. Every wednesday until club starts again, we meet at wetherspoons in llanelli at 7pm, come join us. Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about whats great and not so great in llanelli and beyond.
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