Begelly () is a village and

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in south

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, Wales, north of

Tenby Tenby () is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies within Carmarthen Bay. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, the 13th-century Tenby Town Walls, me ...

on the

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. The parish includes the hamlets of Thomas Chapel and Broom and has a web of small settlements associated with the 19th century

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mining industry. The parish, together with the parish of Reynalton and part (

Kilgetty Kilgetty (; ) is a village immediately north of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the junction of the A477 road, A477 between St. Clears and Pembroke Dock and the A478 road, A478 between Tenby and Cardigan, Ceredigion, Cardigan. Communit ...

) of St. Issells, constitutes the

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and ward of Kilgetty/Begelly. Begelly had a population of 761 in 2011.

Name

The

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appears to be

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, meaning "Bugail's territory".

History

Part of

Little England beyond Wales Little England beyond Wales is a name that has been applied to an area of southern Pembrokeshire and southwestern Carmarthenshire in Wales, which has been English rather than Welsh in language and culture for many centuries despite its remoteness ...

, it has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years. The parish, recorded on a 1578 map as Begely, had an area of (3.94 square miles). Its census populations were: 354 (1801): 779 (1851): 445 (1901): 346 (1951): 500 (1981). The percentage of Welsh speakers was 3.5 (1891): 5.0 (1931): 4.5 (1971).

References

External links

Begelly on GenukiPhotos of Begelly and surrounding area on geograph.org.ukThe Begelly War Memorial
{{authority control Villages in Pembrokeshire