Boncath

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Coordinates: 52°01′N 4°37′W / 52.01°N 04.62°W / 52.01; -04.62
Boncath
Boncath

 Boncath shown within Pembrokeshire
OS grid reference SN2038
Principal area Pembrokeshire
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Boncath
Postcode district SA37
Dialling code 01239
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
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Pembrokeshire

Boncath is a village, community council and postal district in Pembrokeshire, West Wales, United Kingdom.

Location

Boncath is located five miles west of Newcastle Emlyn.

History & amenities

The name of the village comes from the Welsh word for buzzard, bwncath. It grew when the Whitland and Taf Vale Railway was extended to Cardigan in 1885.[1]

The railway station was a two-platform stop between Crymmych Arms and Kilgerran Halt. The line was closed due to the 1963 Beeching Axe and the station building became a private residence.[2]

Amenities once included three tailors, a cobbler and a dressmaker, and in 2000 a new Community Hall was completed.[3] The Boncath Inn stands in the centre of the village along with a village shop/Post Office.

The village hosted the 2013 Urdd Eisteddfod.

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, B.H.J. Pembrokeshire history and gazeteer. Internet Archive. Retrieved 20 Nov 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Disused stations: Boncath". Retrieved 1 Jan 2014. 
  3. ↑ "Pembrokeshire Community Halls: Boncath". Retrieved 1 Jan 2014. 

Gallery

  • Cilwendeg Shell House Hermitage

External links


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Crymych   Great Western Railway
Whitland & Cardigan Railway		   Cilgerran
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