Nantycaws or Nant-y-caws is a rural settlement in the community of Llangunnor, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Nantycaws
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.jpg) Philadelphia Independent Chapel | |
  Nantycaws Location within Carmarthenshire | |
| OS grid reference | SO005025 |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARMARTHEN |
| Dialling code | 01267 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
'Nant y caws' is Welsh for 'River of the cheese' and probably refers to the rich dairy farmland in the area.[1] The Welsh word for 'milk' has been used in other place names to refer to fertile land. Though plausibly 'Nant y caws' could refer to a cloudy stream, or one with an unpleasant smell.[2]
Nantycaws lies largely on the old A48 road to Carmarthen (5 miles away) which was replaced in the 1980s with a dual carriageway, running close to the village.
There is a petrol station and restaurant on the A48[3] and the Nant-y-caws Recycling Centre, located to the east of the village.
The Philadelphia Independent Chapel lies on the Llangynnor Road (old A48) and dates from 1809.[4]
Governance
editNantycaws is included in the electoral ward of Llangunnor represented by one county councillor on Carmarthenshire County Council. At the most local level, it is represented by the community councillors of Llangunnor Community Council.[5]
References
edit- ^ "The top 10 best Welsh place names and their real meanings". Nation.Cymru. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Morgan, Richard (2022), Place-Names of Carmarthenshire, Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, p. 138, ISBN 978-1-86057-1572
- ^ Gregory, Rhys (10 September 2020). "'Transformed' Nantycaws Filling Station nears completion". Wales 247. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Philadelffia Welsh Independent Chapel (Philadelphia), Nantycaws (Philadelphia)". Welsh Religious Buildings Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Cymuned - Community". Llangunnor Community Council. Retrieved 15 June 2023.