Crugybar is a village in
Carmarthenshire located between
Talley
Talley ( cy, Talyllychau, historically cy, Tal y Llychau, label=none) is a community and small village in Carmarthenshire, Wales.The population taken at the 2011 census was 494.
The community is bordered by the communities of: Llansawel; Cynw ...
and
Pumsaint. It is roughly of equal distance from
Lampeter,
Llandovery and
Llandeilo. It is within the parish of
Llanwrda
Llanwrda () is both a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, southwest of Llandovery. It lies on the River Towy. The population in 2011 was 514.
Transport and other features
The village is served by Llanwrda railway station.
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.
Etymology
The Welsh word "''Crug''" most commonly refers to a mound of earth, often a burial mound. The meaning of "''y bar''" is less certain but has been linked to the
Modern Welsh word "''Barnu''", meaning "wrath" or "judgement", giving a possible etymology of "''burial place of the wrathful''" or "''burial place of the judged''".
This derivation is possibly a
folk etymology
Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...
, connected with the local account that the Romans buried their dead here following a ferocious battle with the forces of
Boudica
Boudica or Boudicca (, known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as ()), was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She ...
(or Buddug in Welsh).
Geography
The village of Crugybar is located on the
B4302 about half a mile south of the junction between that road and the
A482
The A482 road is in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, Wales. It links Aberaeron at the junction with the A487 road with the A40 road at Llanwrda near Llandovery. It is long.
History
Originally, the road from Aberaeron to Lampeter was st ...
, the road from
Lampeter to
Llanwrda
Llanwrda () is both a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, southwest of Llandovery. It lies on the River Towy. The population in 2011 was 514.
Transport and other features
The village is served by Llanwrda railway station.
...
. The village lies in the valley of the
Annell, a tributary of the
Afon Cothi, with low hills on either side.
The village
At one time the village had a primary school but that is long closed, and the building has been converted into a community owned
village hall and community centre. It was completely refurbished in 2013 and now has a kitchen and disabled access and is able to seat about sixty people.
The Crugybar Independent Chapel is a Grade II listed building. It was established about 1688, a new chapel was built 1765, and was further rebuilt and enlarged in 1837. It was then refitted in 1893. It has a rendered, three-bay front with arched windows and door openings and many original interior fittings.
At the far end of the village with the Bridgend Inn is the local petrol station that doubles as the village shop, Down Home Stoves and Felin Newydd, a water-driven corn mill. The mill is no longer open to the public. When the mill was renovated back to working order in the 1980s, writing was found on the walls with reference to the then Davies family owners whose daughter and son-in-law emigrated to
Patagonia,
Argentina in the late 19th century.
Behind the Bridgend Inn runs a one-way street, a continuation of the road from Caio to Crugybar and likely to have been used by drovers taking livestock from Carmarthenshire on to the English border towns for sale.
References
External links
Pictures of Crugybar*
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Villages in Carmarthenshire