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Hendy
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  Hendy Location within Carmarthenshire | |
| Population | 3,226 (ward 2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SN579035 |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LLANELLI |
| Postcode district | SA4 |
| Dialling code | 01792 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Hendy (Welsh: Yr Hendy) is a village in the community of Llanedi, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is situated at the Carmarthenshire and the City and County of Swansea border. It lies on the Afon Gwili just across the River Loughor from Pontarddulais. Together with Fforest to the north, it forms part of a continuous built up area centred on Pontarddulais. Most of the village sits between the M4 Motorway junction 48 and the A48 road (Fforest Road) north of the motorway.
Origin of name[edit]
Yr Hendy, originally a farm name meaning the old house, cognate with hendre, the main home.
References[edit]
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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