Nantycaws

Nantycaws
Philadelphia Independent Chapel
Nantycaws is located in Carmarthenshire
Nantycaws
Nantycaws
Location within Carmarthenshire
OS grid referenceSO005025
Community
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARMARTHEN
Dialling code01267
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Carmarthenshire
51°50′34″N 4°15′02″W / 51.842872°N 4.250561°W / 51.842872; -4.250561

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]

  1. ^ "The top 10 best Welsh place names and their real meanings". Nation.Cymru. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ^ Morgan, Richard (2022), Place-Names of Carmarthenshire, Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, p. 138, ISBN 978-1-86057-1572
  3. ^ Gregory, Rhys (10 September 2020). "'Transformed' Nantycaws Filling Station nears completion". Wales 247. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Philadelffia Welsh Independent Chapel (Philadelphia), Nantycaws (Philadelphia)". Welsh Religious Buildings Trust. Retrieved 15 June 2023.