Lampeter Velfrey
{{Short description|Village, parish and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| welsh_name = Llanbedr Felfre
| official_name = Lampeter Velfrey
| static_image = Parish Church, Lampeter Velfrey - geograph.org.uk - 960474.jpg
| static_image_caption = Parish Church of St Peter
| coordinates = {{coord|51.798|-4.676|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = left
| cardiff_distance_mi = 68.0
| cardiff_distance_km = 109.4
| london_distance_mi = 196.0
| london_distance_km = 315.4
| unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire
| community_wales = Lampeter Velfrey
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
| constituency_westminster = Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
| post_town = WHITLAND
| postcode_district = SA34
| postcode_area = SA
| post_town1 = NARBERTH
| postcode_district1 = SA67
| postcode_area1 = SA
| dial_code = 01834
| os_grid_reference = SN 1560 1442
| population = 1205
| map_type =
| population_ref = (in 2011)
| module= 240px
Map of the community
}}
Lampeter Velfrey ({{langx|cy|Llanbedr Felfre}}) is a community and parish{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Lampeter Velfrey pre-1850 parish map 122|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/LlandewiVelfrey/ParishMap|access-date=24 September 2018}} in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales, which lies 68.0 miles (109.4 km) from Cardiff and 196.0 miles (315.4 km) from London.[http://www.e-gymraeg.com/enwaucymru/chwilio.aspx/Llanbedr Felfre Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr)]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225743/http://www.e-gymraeg.com/enwaucymru/chwilio.aspx/Llanbedr |date=12 May 2014 }} accessed 9 May 2014{{cite map|title=Google Maps}} In 2011 the population of the parish was 1,205, with 20.2 per cent of them able to speak Welsh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000436|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics}} Besides Lampeter Velfrey village, other settlements in the community include Princes Gate, Ludchurch, Llan-mill, Melinau and Tavernspite.
The old Medieval spelling was "Velfre"[https://books.google.com/books?id=qcOwIMflx7AC&q=Llanbedr+Velfre%22&pg=PA245 Google Books website]; An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Wales; accessed 9 May 2014
Governance
An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the confines of Lampeter Velfrey with a total population of 1,598.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/lampeter-velfrey-w05000417#sthash.HXCvaIQT.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=19 April 2015}}
History
The parish was in the former Narberth Hundred, and appeared on a 1578 parish map as Llanbeder Velfray.{{cite web|title=Penbrok comitat|publisher=British Library|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183108/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001map00000c7c1u00035000.html|access-date=22 July 2024}} In the 1830s had a population of 984. Limestone was quarried locally for building and for lime. There was a parochial school in the 1800s. Local historian Geoffrey Morris was rector of Lampeter Velfrey parish until 2008 and wrote a history of the village in 2007. Archives Wales holds a number of historical papers on the village and its former inhabitants.{{cite web|title=Archives Wales: Lampeter Velfrey|url=https://archiveswales.llgc.org.uk/anw/quicksearch.php?term=Lampeter+Velfrey|access-date=24 September 2018}}
Worship
The parish church (Church in Wales) of St Peter is a Grade II-listed building, recorded by Cadw in 1971, and was first mentioned in records in 1291.{{Coflein|desc=St Peter's Church, Lampeter Velfry|num=103762|access-date=24 September 2018}} The present church, which may have replaced earlier chapelries, dates from the 13th and 14th centuries and was restored in the 19th and 20th centuries. The bell is dated 1639 and the early Henry Jones organ 1853.{{cite web|title=Parish of Lampeter Velfrey: St Peter|url=https://parish.churchinwales.org.uk/d306/churches-en/st-peter_-en/|access-date=24 September 2018}}{{cite web|title=British Listed Buildings: Church of St. Peter|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300006055-church-of-st-peter-lampeter-velfrey#.W6kDENhKjfY|access-date=24 September 2018}}
There are two Independent chapels in the village: Bryn Sion (established 1859) and Carfan (established 1804).{{cite web|title=GENUKI: Lampeter Velfrey|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/LampeterVelfrey|access-date=24 September 2018}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.pembstcc.co.uk/lampeter-velfrey-community-council Community Council website]
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/LampeterVelfrey Historical information and further links on GENUKI]
- [https://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/resources/PEM/lamv Dyfed Family History Society: Information on Lampeter Velfrey churches, chapels and schools]
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