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Laugharne Corporation
Laugharne () is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf. The ancient borough of Laugharne Township () with its Corporation and Charter is a unique survival in Wales. In a predominantly English-speaking area, just on the Landsker Line, the community is bordered by those of Llanddowror, St Clears, Llangynog and Llansteffan. It had a population at the 2021 census of 1,100. Laugharne Township electoral ward also includes the communities of Eglwyscummin, Pendine and Llanddowror. Dylan Thomas, who lived in Laugharne from 1949 until his death in 1953, famously described it as a "timeless, mild, beguiling island of a town". It is generally accepted as the inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in ''Under Milk Wood''. Thomas confirmed on two occasions that his play was based on Laugharne although topographically it is also similar to New Quay where he briefly lived. History Throughout much of the Prehistoric peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laugharne Township
Laugharne () is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf. The Ancient borough#Charters, ancient borough of Laugharne Township () with its #Laugharne Corporation, Corporation and Charter is a unique survival in Wales. In a predominantly English-speaking area, just on the Landsker Line, the Community (Wales), community is bordered by those of Llanddowror, St Clears, Llangynog, Carmarthenshire, Llangynog and Llansteffan. It had a population at the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census of 1,100. Laugharne Township (electoral ward), Laugharne Township Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward also includes the communities of Eglwyscummin, Pendine and Llanddowror. Dylan Thomas, who lived in Laugharne from 1949 until his death in 1953, famously described it as a "timeless, mild, beguiling island of a town". It is generally accepted as the inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in ''Under Milk Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laugharne Township (electoral Ward)
Laugharne Township () is an electoral ward for Carmarthenshire County Council in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is represented by one county councillor. As well as the town of Laugharne, the ward covers the neighbouring communities of Eglwyscummin, Llanddowror and Pendine. It includes the villages and settlements of Broadway, Cross Inn, Halfpenny Furze, Llandawke, Llanddowror, Llanmiloe, Llansadwrnen, Marros, Pendine, Plashett and Red Roses. The usual population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,851. A 2019 boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales recommended the name of the ward be changed to 'Laugharne' with the Welsh name 'Lacharn' (though Laugharne Township Community Council preferred 'Talacharn'). It recommended no changes to the ward boundaries. The county council and news outlets continued to use the name Laugharne Township when reporting the 2022 Carmarthenshire County Council election results - though no election took place in Laugharne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prehistoric Britain
Several species of humans have intermittently occupied Great Britain for almost a million years. The earliest evidence of human occupation around 900,000 years ago is at Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast, with stone tools and footprints probably made by ''Homo antecessor''. The oldest human fossils, around 500,000 years old, are of ''Homo heidelbergensis'' at Boxgrove in Sussex. Until this time Britain had been permanently connected to the Continent by a chalk ridge between South East England and northern France called the Weald-Artois Anticline, but during the Anglian Glaciation around 425,000 years ago a megaflood broke through the ridge, and Britain became an island when sea levels rose during the following Hoxnian interglacial. Fossils of very early Neanderthals dating to around 400,000 years ago have been found at Swanscombe in Kent, and of classic Neanderthals about 225,000 years old at Pontnewydd in Wales. Britain was unoccupied by humans between 180,000 and 60,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Thomas Bust, Laugharne
Dylan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bob Dylan (born 1941), American singer and songwriter ** ''Dylan'' (1973 album), a 1973 album by Bob Dylan ** ''Dylan'' (2007 album), a 2007 compilation album by Bob Dylan * Dylan (musician), professional name of English singer-songwriter Natasha Woods * ''Dylan'' (play), a 1964 play by Sidney Michael about Dylan Thomas Technology and engineering * Dylan (programming language), a language with Lisp-like semantics and ALGOL-like syntax * Dylan, a RAID storage system by Quantel * Honda Dylan, a high-end 125cc Honda scooter in Vietnam Other uses * Dylan (name), a given name of Welsh origin and a family name (including a list of persons with the name) ** Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), Welsh poet * Dylan ail Don, a sea-god in Welsh mythology See also * Dilan (other) * Dillon (other) Dillon may refer to: People *Dillon (surname) *Dillon (given name) *Dillon (singer) (born 1988), Brazilian singer *J. J. Dillon, primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Quay
New Quay () is a seaside town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales; it had a resident population of 1,045 at the 2021 census. Located south-west of Aberystwyth, on Cardigan Bay with a harbour and large sandy beaches, the town lies on the Ceredigion Coast Path and the Wales Coast Path. It remains a popular seaside resort and traditional fishing town, with strong family and literary associations with the poet Dylan Thomas and his play, ''Under Milk Wood''. History Until the early 19th century, New Quay consisted of a few thatched cottages surrounded by agricultural land, the natural harbour providing a safe mooring for fishing boats and a few small trading vessels. The New Quay Harbour Act was passed in 1834 and a stone pier was constructed at a cost of £4,700. Trading activity increased and new houses were built as economic migrants arrived. As shipbuilding started up, the town increased in size with the construction of terraced housing up the slopes of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Caetani
Marguerite Gilbert Caetani, Princess of Bassiano, Duchess of Sermoneta (''née'' Chapin; 24 June 1880 – 17 December 1963), was an American-born publisher, journalist, art collector, and patron of the arts. She married an Italian aristocrat and became the founder and director of the literary journals ''Commerce (journal), Commerce'' (:fr:Commerce (revue), fr) (in France) and ''Botteghe Oscure'' (in Italy). Early life A daughter of Lelia Chapin (née Gilbert; 1857–1885) and Lindley Hoffman Chapin (1854–1896), Marguerite was born on 24 June 1880 in Waterford, Connecticut into a wealthy and cultured New England family. After her mother's death in 1885, her father remarried to Cornelia Garrison Van Auken in 1888, with whom he had Cornelia Van Auken Chapin, a sculptor, Katherine Garrison Chapin (a poet who was the wife of the United States Attorney General, U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle), and Lindley Hoffman Paul Chapin (father of Schuyler Chapin, the Metropolitan Opera, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
