• Carmarthen Priory, now virtually disappeared, was a monastic settlement which pre-dated the Norman Conquest. It was dedicated to St John the Evangelist...
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    sacked by Owain Glyndŵr. The Black Book of Carmarthen of about 1250 is associated with the town's Priory of SS John the Evangelist and Teulyddog. The...
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    its name comes from its association with the Priory of St. John the Evangelist and Teulyddog at Carmarthen, and is referred to as black due to the colour...
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    Merlin's Oak (redirect from Carmarthen Oak)
    known as the Old Oak and Priory Oak, was a pedunculate oak that once stood on the corner of Oak Lane and Priory Street in Carmarthen, South Wales. Merlin's...
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  • "Castle of Abersafwy". According to a record in the Cartulary of Carmarthen Priory he was a "Latemeri" (interpreter), which would suggest that he (having...
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  • Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns, canons...
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    League stadium in Carmarthen, Wales. Situated on Priory Street, it is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Carmarthen Town AFC. The...
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  • Carmarthen Clas Kidwelly Priory Llanarthney Clas Llandeilo Monastery Llandovery Priory St Clears Priory Talley Abbey Whitland Abbey Cardigan Priory Llanbadarn...
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    Rhys ap Thomas (category Mayors of Carmarthen)
    died at Carmarthen Priory in 1525. After Henry VIII suppressed the monasteries, Rhys's tomb was moved to St. Peter's Church, also in Carmarthen. Rhys's...
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    constituency comprises the following areas in Pembrokeshire: Part of the former Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire The wards of Amroth and Saundersfoot North...
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