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Cenarth

Village in Carmarthenshire, Wales

Field	Value
country	Wales
constituency_welsh_assembly	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
static_image_name	CenarthWestWales.jpg
static_image_width	200
static_image_caption	View of River Teifi downstream (westwards) from Cenarth Bridge
official_name	Cenarth
coordinates
community_wales	Cenarth
unitary_wales	Carmarthenshire
lieutenancy_wales	Dyfed
constituency_westminster	Caerfyrddin
population	1,030
population_ref	(2011)
post_town	NEWCASTLE EMLYN
postcode_district	SA38
postcode_area	SA
dial_code	01239
os_grid_reference	SN268416
module	[[File:Wales Carmarthenshire Community Cenarth map.svg	240px]]
Map of the community

Map of the community

Cenarth () is a village, parish and community in Carmarthenshire, on the border between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, and close to the border with Pembrokeshire, Wales. It stands on the banks of the River Teifi, 6 mi east of Cardigan and 4 mi west of Newcastle Emlyn, and features the Cenarth Falls, a popular visitor attraction, and several other listed structures including an 18th-century corn mill incorporating the National Coracle Centre.

History and governance

The ancient parish extended south of the river, and included the town of Newcastle Emlyn. In 1934, it annexed the adjoining parish of East Cilrhedyn, and the enlarged parish corresponds with the modern community, which had a population of 1,022 in the 2001 census. With the community of Newcastle Emlyn, it makes up the Carmarthenshire electoral ward of Cenarth, which had a population of 1,995 in 2001, with 60 per cent Welsh language speakers. The ancient parish (less Newcastle Emlyn) had an area of 6420 acre. Its census populations were: 672 (1801); 897 (1851); 638 (1901). The percentage of Welsh-speakers was 98 (1891); 96 (1931).

The enlarged parish (post-1934) had an area of 12100 acre. Its census populations were: 1098 (1951); 1066 (1961); 926 (1971); 971 (1981). The percentage of Welsh-speakers was 92 (1951); 91 (1961); 82 (1971); 69 (1981).

The community is bordered by the communities of: Newcastle Emlyn; Llangeler; Cynwyl Elfed; and Trelech, all being in Carmarthenshire; by Clydau and Manordeifi in Pembrokeshire; and by Beulah and Llandyfriog in Ceredigion.

Features

East of the village, the River Teifi emerges from a deep ravine over a ledge that produces a spectacular waterfall when the river is in full spate and this attracts many visitors throughout the year. A dramatic painting of the falls was made by Frank Miles and is now at Nottingham City Museum. Miles's father inherited Cardigan Priory from his father, Philip John Miles, but lived in Nottinghamshire as Rector of Bingham.

A dominant feature of the village is Cenarth Bridge over the Teifi west of the falls; the bridge was built in 1787 by William Edwards of Eglwysilan and his son David. The bridge features their trademark series of circular holes (perforated spandrels that allow the weight of the structure to be reduced without losing strength. The bridge is a Grade II*-listed structure and is partly in Carmarthenshire and partly in Ceredigion.

Other visitor attractions are a seventeenth-century flour mill and coracle museum. The village is home to the National Coracle Centre.

Worship

The parish church is dedicated to the local saint, St Llawddog. Although the present building is relatively modern, it is on an important ancient site, and was the "bishop house" of the cantref of Emlyn.

References

"Community population 2011".
"British Listed Buildings: Cenarth".
"GENUKI: Cenarth".
"Salmon Leap, Cenarth Falls, Cardiganshire".
{{National Historic Assets of Wales
{{National Historic Assets of Wales
Halstead, Robin. (2007). "Far from the Sodding Crowd". Penguin books.

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