Begelly

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Begelly (Welsh: Begeli) is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated in the south of the county, 7 km north of Tenby. In addition to the village, the parish includes the hamlet of Thomas Chapel Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It has a web of small settlements associated with the 19th century anthracite mining industry. The parish, together with the parish of Reynalton and part (Kilgetty) of St. Issells, constitutes the community and ward of Kilgetty-Begelly, which had a population of 2011 in 2001, with 11% Welsh speakers.

The placename appears to be Welsh, meaning "Bugail's territory".[1] Part of Little England beyond Wales, it has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years.

The parish had an area of 1021 ha (3.94 mi²). Its census populations were: 354 (1801): 779 (1851): 445 (1901): 346 (1951): 500 (1981).

The percentage of Welsh speakers was 3.5 (1891): 5.0 (1931): 4.5 (1971).

References

  1. Charles, B. G., The Placenames of Pembrokeshire, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1992, ISBN 0-907158-58-7, p 472

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