Fforest Goch
Fforest is a Welsh word and frequent place-name element meaning 'forest'. * For the Carmarthenshire village, west of Pontarddulais, see Hendy * For the hill north of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, see Fforest (Carmarthenshire) {{Disambig ...
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Hendy
Hendy ( cy, 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 The A48 is a trunk road in Great Britain running from the A40 at Highnam, west of Gloucester, England, to the A40 at Carmarthen, Wales. Before the Severn Bridge opened on 8 September 1966, it was a major route between England and South Wale ... (Fforest Road) north of the motorway. Origin of name ''Yr Hendy'', originally a farm name meaning the old house, cognate with ''hendre'', the main home. References Villages in Carmarthenshire {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub ...
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