Llansteffan
Llansteffan | |
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Llansteffan viewed from Ferryside | |
Llansteffan Location within Carmarthenshire | |
Population | 941 [1] |
OS grid reference | SN355105 |
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Principal area | |
Ceremonial county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARMARTHEN |
Postcode district | SA33 |
Dialling code | 01267 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament |
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Llansteffan, is a village and a community situated on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tywi, 7 miles (11 km) south of Carmarthen. The population of the community was 941 in 2011 which includes the village population of 424.[2]
The community includes Llanybri and is bordered by the communities of: Laugharne Township; Llangynog; Llangain; St Ishmael; and Pembrey and Burry Port Town.
Llansteffan means "Llan of Saint Stephen", but honours a 6th-century Welsh associate of Saint Teilo rather than the more widely known protomartyr.
The parish of Llansteffan consists of two distinct villages with separate churches: Llansteffan by the estuary and Llanybri inland on the hilltop. St Ystyffan's church is a grade II* listed building.[3] Between the castle and village sits Plas Llanstephan, Lord Kylsant's former residence, which is also a grade II* listed building [4]
Castle[]
Llansteffan Castle, built by the Normans in the 12th century and granted to the Marmion family, stands above the village on a promontory commanding the estuary passage. Located between the ferry crossing-points of the Tywi and Tâf rivers, Llansteffan was an important staging post on the coastal route from Glamorgan via Kidwelly to Pembroke.
Governance[]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north from Llansteffan to include Llangynog and Llangain, with a total population of 2,006.[5]
Notable people[]
- The poet Dylan Thomas had strong family links to Llansteffan. The triangle formed by Llangynog, Llangain and Llansteffan constitutes as Thomas once put it, his "breeding-box valley". His mother's family, the Williamses, lived within this triangle in farms such as Waunfwlchan, Llwyngwyn, Maesgwyn and Penycoed. His mother's half-sister, Anne, lived in Rose Cottage in the village.[6]
- The artist Osi Rhys Osmond, lived in Llansteffan for 30 years until his death.
- Lieutenant Tomos Stephens, an SAS soldier who was taken prisoner during Operation Bulbasket in World War II, then beaten to death by a German officer.[7]
See also[]
- Llanybri
- Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan
References[]
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Church of St Ystyffan, Llansteffan". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Y Plas, Llansteffan". British Listed buildings. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ Dylan Remembered 1914-34 vol 1 by D N Thomas, Seren 2003, as well as A True Childhood: Dylan’s Peninsularity by D. N. Thomas in Dylan Thomas: A Centenary Celebration ed. H. Ellis, Bloomsbury 2014, which is also online at A True Childhood: Dylan's Peninsularity
- ^ "SAS World War Two hero honoured 75 years after death in France". BBC News. 3 July 2019.
External links[]
- Seaside resorts in Wales
- Communities in Carmarthenshire
- Villages in Carmarthenshire
- Carmarthen Bay
- Carmarthenshire electoral wards