Pencader, Carmarthenshire

Historical Description

Pencader, a hamlet in Llanfihangel-ar-Arth parish, Carmarthenshire, 4 miles SE of Llandyssil, and 11¼ N of Carmarthen. It has a station at the junction of the Manchester and Milford railway with the Carmarthen and Cardigan branch of the G.W.R., and a post and money order office (R.S.O.); telegraph office, at the railway station. It has a chapel of ease and a Congregational chapel, and was the place where Rhys-ab-Gruffydd made peace with Henry II.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carmarthenshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Pencader are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• Carmarthen Weekly Reporter