Llanedi (ⓘ) is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Once the name of a parish, Llanedi is now a community taking in the hamlet of Llanedi and the villages of Hendy, Fforest (suburbs of Pontarddulais) and Tycroes. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 5,664.[1] The community is located between Ammanford and Llanelli.[2]
The community is bordered by the communities of: Llangennech; Llannon; Llandybie; Ammanford; and Betws, all being in Carmarthenshire, and by: Mawr; Pontarddulais; and Grovesend and Waungron, all in the City and County of Swansea.[3]
The name of the parish church, St Edith's, is thought to have the same origin as the name of the village. There are no apparent traces of the original medieval church and substantial rebuilding took place in 1860, Richard Kyrke Penson being the architect.[4]
Famous residents edit
- David Cuthbert Thomas (1895-1916), who inspired the First World War poets Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, was the son of the rector of Llanedi.[5] His name appears on the war memorial in the village.[6]
Notes edit
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ "Areas touching Llanedi Community". MapIt. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "St Edi's Church, Llanedy (309910)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ Anne Marsh Penton. "'Little Tommy': 16th June 1895 - 18th March 1916". Siegfried's Journal. Siegfried Sassoon Fellowship: 9–17. ISSN 1758-5856.
- ^ "Llanedi War Memorial". West Wales War Memorial Project. Retrieved 17 September 2019.