Kilgetty

Kilgetty (Welsh: Cilgeti; Welsh pronunciationⓘ) is a village immediately north of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the junction of the A477 between St. Clears and Pembroke Dock and the A478 between Tenby and Cardigan.[1]

Kilgetty
Kilgetty is located in Pembrokeshire
Kilgetty
Kilgetty
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population1,207 
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKILGETTY
Postcode districtSA68
Dialling code01834
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament

Community

The villages of Kilgetty, Reynalton and Begelly make up the community of Kilgetty/Begelly. In 2011 it had a population of 1,207.[2]

History

Kilgetty, in Narberth Hundred and the parish of St Issel's, was the name of an ancient mansion owned by the Picton family and was already decaying in the 19th century, according to Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Wales published in 1833.[3] It was subsequently. demolished. The remnants of the garden are designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[4]

Coal mining

The last Pembrokeshire coal mine, at Kilgetty, closed in 1950.[5]

Amenities

The village has local shopping facilities, a pub, which was called the Railway Inn, now the White Horse, and a sports club that has a cricket ground. There is a local scout group known as 1st Kilgetty. St Mary's Mission Church in the village[6] closed for worship in the 1990s and is now a private residence. Kilgetty railway station is a request stop on the West Wales Line.

Kilgetty

References
  1. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  2. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. S. Lewis (1833). Topographical Dictionary of Wales. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. Cadw. "Kilgetty (PGW(Dy)33(PEM))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  5. "Pembrokeshire Virtual Museum - Coal Mining". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  6. "St Mary's Mission Church, Kilgetty (11710)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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