Talley

{{Short description|Village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| type = Village and community

| country = Wales

| static_image_name = Talley Abbey 2010.JPG

| static_image_caption = Talley Abbey

| coordinates = {{coord|51.976|N|3.991|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SN633326)|display=title}}

| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire

| module= 240px
Map of the community

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Talley ({{langx|cy|Talyllychau}}, historically {{lang|cy|Tal y Llychau}}) is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2011 census was 494.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129424&c=SA19+7EJ&d=16&e=62&g=6492423&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429191612562&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=16 April 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081119/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129424&c=SA19+7EJ&d=16&e=62&g=6492423&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1429191612562&enc=1|url-status=dead}}

The community is bordered by the communities of: Llansawel; Cynwyl Gaeo; Llansadwrn; Manordeilo and Salem; and Llanfynydd, all being in Carmarthenshire.

It is the site of the ruined Talley Abbey, a former Premonstratensian foundation destroyed in about 1536 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Notable people

  • Emanuel Bowen (1694–1767), map engraver
  • Swampy (born 1973), environmental campaigner{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49977007 |title=Eco warrior Swampy fined for Valero oil refinery protest |website=www.bbc.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205164355/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49977007 |archive-date=2020-12-05}}

See also

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