| Llanboidy | |
|---|---|
| Community | |
 Llanboidy c.1885 | |
  Llanboidy Location withinCarmarthenshire | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
51°52′45″N4°35′33″W / 51.87917°N 4.59250°W /51.87917; -4.59250  Map of the community | |
Llanboidy is a village andcommunity inCarmarthenshire,West Wales. The community includes the village ofLlanglydwen.
According to the2001 United Kingdom Census, the community had apopulation of 988 rising to 1,061 at the 2011 Census.[1]
It is located near the border withPembrokeshire close to theLandsker Line. The village itself is on theWelsh speaking side.[citation needed]
The community is bordered by the communities of:Llanwinio;Llangynin;St Clears;Eglwyscummin;Whitland;Henllanfallteg; andCilymaenllwyd, all being in Carmarthenshire; and byCrymych inPembrokeshire.[2]
Anelectoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the boundaries of Llanboidy. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,087.[3]
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Llanboidy is a scenic village in West Carmarthenshire, Wales. Its history goes back to theIron Age where the site of a timber built fort can be seen near the village centre. 'Llanboidy' may mean church (Llan) of the cowshed (beudy) and its name probably is linked toSt. Brynach. Brynach was a wandering 5th century Irishsaint who got shipwrecked off theSouth Wales coast, returning toIreland from a tour toBrittany. He founded severalWest Wales churches and the village church is named after and dedicated to him.
Another notable church he founded is at the village ofNevern. This is approximately 20 miles north west of Llanboidy and is overlooked byCarn Ingli (said by some to mean Mountain of Angels).
Llanboidy then became an importantdrovers road route in theMiddle Ages and once had fourtaverns.
It has a sports and social club and afootball (soccer) team. There is a villagepost office and the school has recently been re-built. The churchgraveyard holds a very precious statue, called "the Grief", by theCardiff-born sculptor Sir WilliamGoscombe John. It was slowly deteriorating, until it was restored and brought indoors, in order to preserve it. It was a funerary monument to theVictorian era MPWalter Rice Howell Powell. Powell was a Haverfordwest-born 1819philanthropist who brought money and jobs to the village and his legacy can be seen at the Market Hall, Piccadilly Square and other fine buildings in the village. The seat of the Powells was the mansion of Maesgwynne, north of the village.
