Laugharne /ˈlɑːrn/ (Welsh: Talacharn) is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf. The ancient borough...
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Dylan Thomas (section ...and back to Laugharne)
Wales. On 25 November, he was interred at St. Martin's churchyard in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. Although Thomas wrote exclusively in the English language...
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Major General Rowland Laugharne (c.1607 – 1675) was a member of the Welsh gentry, and a prominent soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, in which...
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Laugharne Castle (Welsh: Castell Talacharn) is in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The castle, located on the estuary of the River Tâf, was originally...
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Under Milk Wood (section Laugharne)
Road in Laugharne at the 1921 census. Although there is no-one of that name in Laugharne in the 1939 War Register, nor anyone named Rosie, Laugharne resident...
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Castle House in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is a Grade II*–listed Georgian mansion. Described by Dylan Thomas as “the best of houses in the best...
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is a Grade II* listed, partly Tudor, sub-medieval townhouse located in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, in southwest Wales. It sits below the castle between...
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Laugharne Township (Welsh: Lacharn) is the name of an electoral ward for Carmarthenshire County Council in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is represented by...
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Browns Hotel is a guesthouse and pub in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a grade II listed building and is known for being the favourite pub of...
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Trained Bands, the Army of the Western Association, leaders like Rowland Laugharne in Wales, and elements of the English navy. By March 1647, the New Model...
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Laugharne Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Talacharn) is a municipal building in Market Street in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The structure, which...
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Dylan Thomas led him to buy up numerous properties in the village of Laugharne, including the Hurst Hotel, the New Three Mariners pub and Brown's Hotel...
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Cromwell first put down a Royalist uprising in south Wales led by Rowland Laugharne, winning back Chepstow Castle on 25 May and six days later forcing the...
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Anne Griffith-Jones (redirect from Anne Laugharne Phillips Griffith-Jones)
Anne Laugharne Phillips Griffith-Jones OBE (15 April 1891 – 28 November 1973) was a British educationalist who founded Singapore's Tanglin Preparatory...
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The Laugharne Weekend is an annual literary and arts festival in Laugharne, Wales, held in the spring. Dylan Thomas described Laugharne as a timeless...
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Laugharne Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Laugharne, West Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four...
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The Great House in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, is a Grade II*–listed early eighteenth century gentry residence in the Queen Anne style and is one...
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television adaptation of Thomas' radio drama Under Milk Wood, playing the Laugharne Voice, and as Marianne in A Poet in New York, Andrew Davies' dramatisation...
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standing stones. The Dylan Thomas Boathouse is at Laugharne. Stone tools found in Coygan Cave, near Laugharne indicate the presence of hominins, probably neanderthals...
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Cambridgeshire (previously known as Arbury Park) Orchard Park, Laugharne, a street in Laugharne. Orchard Park Estate, a council estate in Kingston upon Hull...
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died when he was 10. Sewell's mother subsequently lived at The Pelican, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, formerly home to the parents of Welsh poet and writer...
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Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, PC FLSW (born Carmarthen, 22 October 1947) is a British judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice...
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Carmarthenshire towns and villages of Meidrim, Newchurch and Merthyr, Llangynog, Laugharne Township, Llanddowror, Eglwyscummin, Llanboidy and Llangynin. St Clare...
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Quay, Cardiganshire. In May 1949, the family moved to the Boat House, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales. At the age of 10, Thomas was enrolled by her...
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1617 he secured a reversionary lease of the former Perrot lordship of Laugharne from Charles, Prince of Wales which grant fell in on the death of the...
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Carmarthenshire Principal settlements Ammanford Burry Port Carmarthen Kidwelly Laugharne Llanelli Llandeilo Newcastle Emlyn Llandovery Llanybydder St Clears Whitland...
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Pembrey (Penbre), Kidwelly (Cydweli), Ferryside (Glanyfferi), Llansteffan, Laugharne (Talacharn), Pendine (Pentywyn), Amroth, Wisemans Bridge (Pont-yr-ŵrddoeth)...
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Carmarthenshire Principal settlements Ammanford Burry Port Carmarthen Kidwelly Laugharne Llanelli Llandeilo Newcastle Emlyn Llandovery Llanybydder St Clears Whitland...
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encountered and captured the British sloop Alert, 20 (Captain T.L.P. Laugharne). With "so trifling a skirmish" Porter later said, Alert became the first...
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Haverfordwest Hay-on-Wye Holyhead Holywell Kidwelly Knighton Lampeter Laugharne Llandeilo Llandovery Llandrindod Wells Llandudno Llandudno Junction Llandysul...
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