Llansteffan
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Coordinates: 51°46′08″N 4°23′08″W / 51.768942°N 4.385430°W
| Llansteffan | |
 A view of Llansteffan from Ferryside |
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  Llansteffan
Llansteffan shown within Wales |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Principal area | Carmarthenshire |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARMARTHEN |
| Postcode district | SA33 |
| Dialling code | 01267 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
| Welsh Assembly | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Carmarthenshire | |
Llansteffan (English: church of Stephen) (formerly sometimes Llanstephan) is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Llansteffan Castle, built by the Normans in the 12th century, is located in the village. The village and castle were an important staging post on the coastal route from Glamorgan via Kidwelly to Pembroke used by the Normans, located between ferries over the Towy and Tâf rivers. The parish of Llansteffan consisted of two very distinct villages with separate churches: Llansteffan by the estuary and Llanybri on the hilltop inland. Between the castle and village sits Plas Llanstephan, Lord Kylsant's former residence.
The poet Dylan Thomas had strong family links to Llansteffan. The triangle formed by Llangynog, Llangain and Llansteffan constitutes Thomas' "breeding-box valley", as he once put it. His mother's family, the Williamses, lived in the triangle, in farms such as Waunfwlchan, Llwyngwyn, Maesgwyn and Penycoed.[1]
Llansteffan is one of two villages in the UK involved in a digital television switchover experiment: it has undergone the analogue switch-off already in 2005 (?).[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Dylan Remembered 1914-34 vol 1 by D N Thomas, Seren 2003
- ^ Ferryside and Llansteffan digital switchover trial: report
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