Nantycaws
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Philadelphia Independent Chapel | |
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 | |
Nantycaws or Nant-y-caws is a rural settlement in the community of Llangunnor, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
'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]