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{{Short description|Town in West Wales}}
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|post_town = NEWCASTLE EMLYN |post_town = NEWCASTLE EMLYN
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|population_ref = 1,144 (Community, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Newcastle Emlyn community |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/admin/carmarthenshire/W04000549__newcastle_emlyn/ |website=City Population |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref><br/>1,883 (Built up area, 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Usual Resident Population: Table KS101EW |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=8 January 2025}} (Download table for built-up areas to see individual areas' statistics.)</ref>
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'''Newcastle Emlyn''' ({{lang-cy|Castellnewydd Emlyn}}) is a town on the ], straddling the counties of ] and ] in West ]. It is also a ] entirely within Carmarthenshire, bordered by those of ] and ], also in Carmarthenshire, and by ] in ]. ] is the part of town on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi. It was formerly called Trefhedyn and was an ancient Welsh ] in its own right. The area including Adpar had a population of 1,883 according to the 2011 census.<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |id=W37000324 |title=Newcastle Emlyn built-up |accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref> '''Newcastle Emlyn''' ({{langx|cy|Castellnewydd Emlyn}}) is a town and ] on the ], in West Wales. The community is wholly in ], but the built up area also includes ] north of the Teifi, which is in ]. Adpar was formerly called Trefhedyn and was historically a ] in its own right. Newcastle Emlyn grew around ], which dates from the 13th century. At the ] the community had a population of 1,144. The built up area (including Adpar) had a population of 1,883 at the ].<!-- The Office for National Statistics has not published official built-up areas based on the 2021 census for areas with populations less than 5,000 as at January 2025. -->


==History== ==History==
] ]
] ]
The town takes its name from the ] of ], an administrative district in medieval ]. The cantref became part of the ] ] in the 12th century. The town takes its name from the ] of ], an administrative district in medieval ].<ref>Richards, Melville, ''Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units'', UoW Press, 1969, p 268</ref>


Notable buildings in the town include a ruined 13th-century ], first mentioned in ] in 1215, when it was seized by ] ({{lang-cy|Llywelyn Fawr}}).<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, ], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg609 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> It was captured by the Welsh during the revolt of 1287–1288 and also by ] in 1403. ], was first mentioned in ] in 1215, when it was seized by ] ({{langx|cy|Llywelyn Fawr}}).<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, ], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg609 {{ISBN|978-0-7083-1953-6}}</ref> It was captured by the Welsh during the revolt of 1287–1288 and also by ] in 1403.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8XGoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP139 |title=Owain Glyndwr The Story of the Last Prince of Wales|first= Terry |last=Breverton |year=2009|publisher=Amberley Publishing|isbn=978-1445608761}}</ref>


] was completed in 1892.<ref>{{NHAW|desc=Town Hall & Market Buildings |num=9706|access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
The population in 1841 was under 1,000.<ref>''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge'', Vol. III, London, 1847, Charles Knight, p. 1,013.</ref>


Newcastle Emlyn has a ] and a ], ]. The town's attractions include an ], the Attic Theatre company and the ]. The ] is nearby, although the town has not had a passenger train service since 1952. The ] is nearby, although the town has not had a passenger train service since 1952.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Catford |first1=Nic |title=Newcastle Emlyn |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newcastle_emlyn/ |website=Disused Stations |access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref>

Newcastle Emlyn hosted the ] in 1981.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-j0ro22GZU8C |title=Reference Wales|first=John|last=May|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0708312346|page=81}}</ref>

==Governance==
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There are two tiers of local government covering Newcastle Emlyn, at ] (town) and ] level: Newcastle Emlyn Town Council (Cynfor Tref Castell Newydd Emlyn) and ] (Cyngor Sir Gâr). The town council meets at ] on Market Square.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newcastle Emlyn Town Council |url=https://www.newcastleemlyntowncouncil.co.uk/nceTownCouncil/council-information |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> North of the Teifi, Adpar forms part of the community of ] in Ceredigion. As well as Llandyfriog, the Newcastle Emlyn community is also bordered by those of ] and ], both of which are in Carmarthenshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

===Administrative history===
Newcastle Emlyn was historically part of the ] of Cenarth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cenarth Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10105572/boundary |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref> Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar have always been administratively separate for local government purposes, although between 1832 and 1885 Newcastle Emlyn was in the Adpar ], which formed part of the ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Parliamentary Boundaries Act |date=1832 |page=372 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Statutes_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Gr/Uq0uAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA372&printsec=frontcover |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Knight |first1=Charles |title=The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge: Volumes 3–4 |date=1853 |page=1014 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_National_Cyclopaedia_of_Useful_Knowl/Sa7kjXr-SkAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA1013&printsec=frontcover |access-date=8 January 2025}}</ref>

When elected parish and district councils were established in 1894, Cenarth was given a parish council and included in the ]. In 1897 part of the parish of Cenarth was converted into an ] called Newcastle Emlyn.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1897 |page=271 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwpJAQAAMAAJ&pg=271 |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

Newcastle Emlyn Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the ]. A community called Newcastle Emlyn was created covering the area of the former urban district, with its community council taking the name Newcastle Emlyn Town Council. District-level functions passed to the new ]. Carmarthenshire County Council was abolished as part of the same reforms, with county-level functions passing to the new ].<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|accessdate=6 October 2022}}</ref> The district of Carmarthen and county of Dyfed were both abolished in 1996 and their councils' functions passed to a re-established Carmarthenshire County Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Wales) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=19|accessdate=9 October 2022}}</ref>


==Economy== ==Economy==
In 1932, the former ] ] was reopened by ] to make ]. After new parent ] decided to sell off its non-milk related dairies, it was bought by the ] in 1979, but closed again in 1983.<ref name="Dairies in Ceredigion">{{Cite web |url=http://pilgrim.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1961 |title=Dairies in Ceredigion |publisher=Ceredigion.gov.uk |accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref> Reopened latterly by ], it now manufactures ] cheese using locally sourced dairy produce. It has become the largest employer in the town. In 1932, the former ] ] was reopened by ] to make ]. After a new parent firm, ], decided to sell off its non-milk related dairies, it was bought by the ] in 1979, but closed again in 1983.<ref name="Dairies in Ceredigion">{{Cite web |url=http://pilgrim.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1961 |title=Dairies in Ceredigion |publisher=Ceredigion.gov.uk |access-date=2012-01-28}}</ref>


==Transport== ==Transport==
In 1895, the ] of the ] (GWR) reached ].<ref name=Disused>{{Cite web |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newcastle_emlyn/index.shtml |title=Newcastle Emlyn railway station |publisher=disused-stations.org.uk |accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref> Originally conceived as a {{RailGauge|7ft0.25in}} ] line between ] and ] by the ], it was absorbed into the GWR, which developed the line only as far as Newcastle Emlyn. In 1895, the ] of the ] (GWR) reached ].<ref name=Disused>{{Cite web |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newcastle_emlyn/index.shtml |title=Newcastle Emlyn railway station |publisher=disused-stations.org.uk |access-date=2012-01-28}}</ref> Originally conceived as a 7&nbsp;ft, ¼ inch ] line between ] and ] by the ], it was absorbed into the GWR, which developed the line only as far as Newcastle Emlyn.


Passenger services ceased in 1952, but goods services continued until 1973, due in part to ] services to the cheese-producing creamery.<ref name="Dairies in Ceredigion"/> After the goods service ceased, the lines were removed and the station demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teifivalleyrailway.com/About.htm |title=About the Railway|publisher=Teifi Valley Railway |accessdate=2008-02-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218004351/http://www.teifivalleyrailway.com/About.htm |archivedate=2007-12-18}}</ref> Passenger services ceased in 1952, but goods services continued until 1973, due in part to ] services to the cheese-producing creamery.<ref name="Dairies in Ceredigion"/> After the goods service ceased, the lines were removed and the station demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.teifivalleyrailway.com/About.htm |title=About the Railway|publisher=Teifi Valley Railway |access-date=2008-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218004351/http://www.teifivalleyrailway.com/About.htm |archive-date=2007-12-18}}</ref>


==Demography== ==Demography==
According to the ] Newcastle Emlyn had a population of 1,883, including Adpar on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi. A 2017 population estimate put it at 1,888, of whom 52 per cent were female and 48 per cent male, with 379 aged 0–17 years, 979 aged 18–64, and 530 aged over 65. According to the ] Newcastle Emlyn had a population of 1,883, including Adpar on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi. A 2017 population estimate put it at 1,888, of whom 52 per cent were female and 48 per cent male, with 379 aged 0–17 years, 979 aged 18–64, and 530 aged over 65.


The 2001 UK census had 69 per cent of the 950 people then living in Newcastle Emlyn speaking fluent ], although the proportion fell in the next decade to 54 per cent, as the town population increased to 1,138 aged 3 or over by 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Census results by Community |url=http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Assistance/Dataandstatisitcs/Pages/2011CensusresultsbyCommunity.aspx |publisher=] |year=2015 |accessdate=12 August 2015 }}{{dead link |date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The drop in Welsh usage in Newcastle Emlyn between 2001 and 2011 was among the biggest in Wales, though not uncommon across Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. The 2001 UK census had 69 per cent of the 950 people then living in Newcastle Emlyn speaking fluent ], although the proportion fell in the next decade to 54 per cent, as the town population increased to 1,138 aged 3 or over by 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Census results by Community |url=http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Assistance/Dataandstatisitcs/Pages/2011CensusresultsbyCommunity.aspx |publisher=] |year=2015 |access-date=12 August 2015 }}{{dead link |date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The drop in Welsh usage in Newcastle Emlyn between 2001 and 2011 was among the biggest in Wales, though not uncommon across Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.


The latest ] inspection report in 2012 on the town's English-medium secondary school notes that only 12 per cent of pupils came from homes where Welsh is spoken, with 31 per cent considered fluent in the language. Parents have the option of sending their children to a designated Welsh-medium secondary school, Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi in Llandysul, Ceredigion. Only 64.8 per cent of the town's residents were born in Wales. The latest ] inspection report in 2012 on the town's English-medium secondary school notes that only 12 per cent of pupils came from homes where Welsh is spoken, with 31 per cent considered fluent in the language. Parents have the option of sending their children to a designated Welsh-medium secondary school, Ysgol Bro Teifi in Llandysul, Ceredigion. Only 64.8 per cent of the town's residents were born in Wales.


The town has a dual-language primary school,<ref></ref> and also a pre-school establishment known as Meithrinfa Teifi Tots Nursery.<ref></ref> The town has a dual-language primary school,<ref></ref> and also a pre-school establishment known as Meithrinfa Teifi Tots Nursery.<ref></ref>

==Education and culture==
Newcastle Emlyn has a ], ]. The town's attractions include an ], the Attic Theatre company and the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/3571241.stm |publisher=BBC News |title= National Woollen museum re-opens|access-date=7 September 2023}}</ref>


==Sports== ==Sports==
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==Legend== ==Legend==
] ]
A legend of the ''Wyvern of Newcastle Emlyn'' (Gwiber Castell Newydd Emlyn) tells how on a fair day when the town was full, a winged ] breathing fire and smoke landed on the castle walls, stared threateningly, then settled down to sleep. The general terror gave way to an effort by a few townsfolk to destroy it. A soldier waded the Teifi to a vantage point on the castle side and released a red cloak into the river. The creature, suddenly woken, caught sight of the cloak, fell on it with shrieks and tore it to shreds, but was shot in its vulnerable underparts. The assailant escaped to safety. The dying wyvern turned over and floated down the river, its wound gushing venom that fouled the water and killed all the fish. There was joy at the monster's death.<ref>''Newcastle Emlyn Millennium Edition Historical Notes About Our Town'' p. 10, Pamela Jenkins (1999) Castle Publications.</ref> A legend of the ''Wyvern of Newcastle Emlyn'' (Gwiber Castell Newydd Emlyn) tells how on a fair day when the town was full, a winged ] breathing fire and smoke landed on the castle walls, stared threateningly, then settled down to sleep. The general terror gave way to an effort by a few townsfolk to destroy it. A soldier waded the Teifi to a vantage point on the castle side and released a red cloak into the river. The creature, suddenly woken, caught sight of the cloak, fell on it with shrieks and tore it to shreds, but was shot in its vulnerable underparts. The assailant escaped to safety. The dying wyvern turned over and floated down the river, its wound gushing venom that fouled the water and killed all the fish. There was joy at the monster's death.<ref>''Newcastle Emlyn Millennium Edition Historical Notes About Our Town'' p. 10, Pamela Jenkins (1999) Castle Publications.</ref>


==Twin town== ==Twin town==
{{flagicon|France}} ], ], ] Newcastle Emlyn is ] with ] in ], France.


==Notable people== ==Notable people==
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In birth order: In birth order:
*] (1836–1896), ] minister *] (1836–1896), ] minister
*] (1836–1908), novelist *] (1836–1908), novelist
*] (1843–1905), founder of ] *] (1843–1905), founder of ]
*] (1872–1940), Liberal Party politician and hotel proprietor
*] (1899–1981), ] leader, buried in the town *] (1899–1981), ] leader, buried in the town
*] (1916–1997), British painter, illustrator and educator, ] *] (1916–1997), British painter, illustrator and educator, ]
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*] (1966–1989), peace campaigner at ] *] (1966–1989), peace campaigner at ]
*] (born 1988) Welsh rugby union international from ] *] (born 1988) Welsh rugby union international from ]
*] (born 1990), Welsh rugby union international from Newcastle Emlyn RFC *] (born 1990), Welsh rugby union international from Newcastle Emlyn RFC
*] (born 1990), Welsh rugby union and British and Irish Lion international from Newcastle Emlyn RFC


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Town in West Wales

Human settlement in Wales
Newcastle Emlyn
  • Welsh: Castellnewydd Emlyn
View across the Teifi valley towards Newcastle Emlyn
Newcastle Emlyn is located in CarmarthenshireNewcastle EmlynNewcastle EmlynLocation within Carmarthenshire
Population1,144 (Community, 2021)
1,883 (Built up area, 2011)
OS grid referenceSN305405
Community
  • Newcastle Emlyn
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWCASTLE EMLYN
Postcode districtSA38
Dialling code01239
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Websitenewcastleemlyntowncouncil.co.uk
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire

52°02′N 4°28′W / 52.04°N 4.47°W / 52.04; -4.47


Map of the community

Newcastle Emlyn (Welsh: Castellnewydd Emlyn) is a town and community on the River Teifi, in West Wales. The community is wholly in Carmarthenshire, but the built up area also includes Adpar north of the Teifi, which is in Ceredigion. Adpar was formerly called Trefhedyn and was historically a borough in its own right. Newcastle Emlyn grew around its castle, which dates from the 13th century. At the 2021 census the community had a population of 1,144. The built up area (including Adpar) had a population of 1,883 at the 2011 census.

History

Newcastle Emlyn, 1804
The remains of the Norman castle.

The town takes its name from the cantref of Emlyn, an administrative district in medieval Dyfed.

Newcastle Emlyn Castle, was first mentioned in Brut y Tywysogion in 1215, when it was seized by Llewelyn the Great (Welsh: Llywelyn Fawr). It was captured by the Welsh during the revolt of 1287–1288 and also by Owain Glyndŵr in 1403.

Cawdor Hall was completed in 1892.

The Teifi Valley Railway is nearby, although the town has not had a passenger train service since 1952.

Newcastle Emlyn hosted the Urdd National Eisteddfod in 1981.

Governance

Cawdor Hall

There are two tiers of local government covering Newcastle Emlyn, at community (town) and county level: Newcastle Emlyn Town Council (Cynfor Tref Castell Newydd Emlyn) and Carmarthenshire County Council (Cyngor Sir Gâr). The town council meets at Cawdor Hall on Market Square. North of the Teifi, Adpar forms part of the community of Llandyfriog in Ceredigion. As well as Llandyfriog, the Newcastle Emlyn community is also bordered by those of Llangeler and Cenarth, both of which are in Carmarthenshire.

Administrative history

Newcastle Emlyn was historically part of the ancient parish of Cenarth. Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar have always been administratively separate for local government purposes, although between 1832 and 1885 Newcastle Emlyn was in the Adpar parliamentary borough, which formed part of the Cardigan Boroughs constituency.

When elected parish and district councils were established in 1894, Cenarth was given a parish council and included in the Newcastle Emlyn Rural District. In 1897 part of the parish of Cenarth was converted into an urban district called Newcastle Emlyn.

Newcastle Emlyn Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. A community called Newcastle Emlyn was created covering the area of the former urban district, with its community council taking the name Newcastle Emlyn Town Council. District-level functions passed to the new Carmarthen District Council. Carmarthenshire County Council was abolished as part of the same reforms, with county-level functions passing to the new Dyfed County Council. The district of Carmarthen and county of Dyfed were both abolished in 1996 and their councils' functions passed to a re-established Carmarthenshire County Council.

Economy

In 1932, the former Co-operative creamery was reopened by Dried Milk Products to make cheese. After a new parent firm, Unigate, decided to sell off its non-milk related dairies, it was bought by the Milk Marketing Board in 1979, but closed again in 1983.

Transport

In 1895, the Teifi Valley Railway of the Great Western Railway (GWR) reached Newcastle Emlyn railway station. Originally conceived as a 7 ft, ¼ inch broad-gauge line between Carmarthen and Cardigan by the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway, it was absorbed into the GWR, which developed the line only as far as Newcastle Emlyn.

Passenger services ceased in 1952, but goods services continued until 1973, due in part to milk train services to the cheese-producing creamery. After the goods service ceased, the lines were removed and the station demolished.

Demography

According to the United Kingdom census 2011 Newcastle Emlyn had a population of 1,883, including Adpar on the Ceredigion side of the River Teifi. A 2017 population estimate put it at 1,888, of whom 52 per cent were female and 48 per cent male, with 379 aged 0–17 years, 979 aged 18–64, and 530 aged over 65.

The 2001 UK census had 69 per cent of the 950 people then living in Newcastle Emlyn speaking fluent Welsh, although the proportion fell in the next decade to 54 per cent, as the town population increased to 1,138 aged 3 or over by 2011. The drop in Welsh usage in Newcastle Emlyn between 2001 and 2011 was among the biggest in Wales, though not uncommon across Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.

The latest Estyn inspection report in 2012 on the town's English-medium secondary school notes that only 12 per cent of pupils came from homes where Welsh is spoken, with 31 per cent considered fluent in the language. Parents have the option of sending their children to a designated Welsh-medium secondary school, Ysgol Bro Teifi in Llandysul, Ceredigion. Only 64.8 per cent of the town's residents were born in Wales.

The town has a dual-language primary school, and also a pre-school establishment known as Meithrinfa Teifi Tots Nursery.

Education and culture

Newcastle Emlyn has a secondary school, Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn. The town's attractions include an art gallery, the Attic Theatre company and the National Woollen Museum.

Sports

Newcastle Emlyn has association football and rugby teams. Newcastle Emlyn Football Club are members of the Football Association of Wales and Newcastle Emlyn RFC of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Legend

The entrance to King George's Field in Church Lane, Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire. Holy Trinity Church is in the background on the right.

A legend of the Wyvern of Newcastle Emlyn (Gwiber Castell Newydd Emlyn) tells how on a fair day when the town was full, a winged wyvern breathing fire and smoke landed on the castle walls, stared threateningly, then settled down to sleep. The general terror gave way to an effort by a few townsfolk to destroy it. A soldier waded the Teifi to a vantage point on the castle side and released a red cloak into the river. The creature, suddenly woken, caught sight of the cloak, fell on it with shrieks and tore it to shreds, but was shot in its vulnerable underparts. The assailant escaped to safety. The dying wyvern turned over and floated down the river, its wound gushing venom that fouled the water and killed all the fish. There was joy at the monster's death.

Twin town

Newcastle Emlyn is twinned with Plonévez-Porzay in Brittany, France.

Notable people

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In birth order:

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  3. Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units, UoW Press, 1969, p 268
  4. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg609 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
  5. Breverton, Terry (2009). Owain Glyndwr The Story of the Last Prince of Wales. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445608761.
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  7. Catford, Nic. "Newcastle Emlyn". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. May, John (1994). Reference Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0708312346.
  9. "Newcastle Emlyn Town Council". Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  10. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  11. "Cenarth Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  12. Parliamentary Boundaries Act. 1832. p. 372. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  13. Knight, Charles (1853). The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge: Volumes 3–4. p. 1014. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  14. Annual Report of the Local Government Board. 1897. p. 271. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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  17. ^ "Dairies in Ceredigion". Ceredigion.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  18. "Newcastle Emlyn railway station". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  19. "About the Railway". Teifi Valley Railway. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
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  21. School site. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  22. Details. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  23. "National Woollen museum re-opens". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  24. Newcastle Emlyn Millennium Edition Historical Notes About Our Town p. 10, Pamela Jenkins (1999) Castle Publications.

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