Aber-arad | |
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Location within Carmarthenshire | |
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Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWCASTLE EMLYN |
Postcode district | SA38 |
Dialling code | 01239 |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Aber-arad is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales. [1] Aber-Arad lies less than one mile to the east of Newcastle Emlyn.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aber Arad as:
ABERARAD, a village in the parish of Kenarth, Carmarthen; a mile east of Newcastle-Emlyn. [2]
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Littletown is a village in the parish of Pittington, County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the east of Durham. The village was previously the site of the Lambton Colliery.
Abergwyngregyn is a village and community of historical note in Gwynedd, a county and principal area in Wales. Under its historic name of Aber Garth Celyn it was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. It lies in the historic county of Caernarfonshire.
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