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lly c 1830 town and castle 1831 town wall 1786 the substantial and well preserved kidwelly castle on the north bank of the gwendraeth fach river and st mary s church on the south side of the river were both established by the invading normans in the early 12th century 3 5 the earliest castle on the site was a motte and bailey structure of earth and timber during the 13th century the castle was rebuilt in stone as part of the ring of steel strategy of edward i for strengthening his control of wales the stone castle was built according to the latest strategic military thinking it had a concentric design with one circuit of defensive walls set within another to allow the castle to be held even if the outer wall should fall the great gatehouse was begun late in the 14th century but it was not completed until 1422 6 the castle was besieged in 1403 by forces loyal to owain glyndŵr as part of his rebellion aiming to reclaim welsh independence 7 a field in the neighbouring forest of kingswood maes gwenllian is known as the location of a battle in 1136 in which gwenllian ferch gruffydd sister of owain gwynedd and wife of gruffydd ap rhys led her husband s troops into battle against a norman army during his absence she is believed to have been killed either during the battle or shortly afterwards 8 during the industrial revolution the town became an important centre of the tinplate industry a tinplate works was established to the north of the town in 1737 which is believed to have been only the second such works in britain the works closed in 1941 but some of the buildings and machinery survive 9 they were formerly preserved as part of the kidwelly industrial museum which closed in 2017 10 in 1919 mabel greenwood who lived at kidwelly with her husband the solicitor harold greenwood was murdered by arsenic poisoning harold greenwood was charged with the murder and tried at carmarthen assizes in 1920 he was acquitted by the jury which nevertheless upheld its view that she had been deliberately poisoned following the murder and trial harold greenwood remarried and moved away from the area 11 12 governance edit there are two tiers of local government covering kidwelly at community town and county level kidwelly town council cyngor tref cydweli and carmarthenshire county council cyngor sir gâr the town council s offices adjoin the princess gwenllian community centre on hillfield villas 13 it is within the uk parliament constituency of llanelli represented by the welsh labour mp nia griffith and within the sir gaerfyrddin senedd constituency represented by six members the community is bordered by the communities of llandyfaelog llangyndeyrn trimsaran pembrey and burry port town and st ishmael all in carmarthenshire 14 administrative history edit kidwelly was an ancient parish 15 the town was an ancient borough being granted its first charter in the early 12th century 5 a government survey of boroughs in 1835 found that the borough corporation had very few powers the borough was therefore left unreformed when the municipal corporations act 1835 reformed most ancient boroughs across the country into municipal boroughs 16 kidwelly town hall the old borough corporation therefore continued to run the town but was ineligible to take on additional local government functions the corporation built itself kidwelly town hall in 1877 at the junction of causeway street and lady street to serve both as its headquarters and a covered market 17 the town was eventually made a municipal borough in 1885 18 the borough covered most but not all of the parish in 1895 the parish was reduced to match the borough with the parts of the old parish outside the borough boundary being transferred to the neighbouring parishes of llandyfaelog llangyndeyrn pembrey and st ishmael 19 the borough of kidwelly was abolished in 1974 under the local government act 1972 a community called kidwelly was created covering the area of the former borough with its community council taking the name kidwelly town council district level functions passed to the new llanelli borough council carmarthenshire county council was abolished as part of the same reforms with county level functions passing to the new dyfed county council 20 the borough of llanelli and county of dyfed were both abolished in 1996 and their councils functions passed to a re established carmarthenshire county council 21 after the 1974 reforms the town hall served as the town s library until 2002 but has been disused since then 22 23 tourism edit local landmarks include kidwelly castle founded in 1106 a fourteenth century bridge and gate the former quay now a nature reserve and st mary s church kidwelly carnival is an annual event held on the second saturday of july previous carnivals have featured aerial displays 24 the town is twinned with french village saint jacut de la mer on the north coast of brittany 25 transport edit road kidwelly is connected to llanelli and carmarthen by the a484 road bus coach there are local buses running through kidwelly operated by first cymru linking the town with llanelli and carmarthen with a main stop in the town centre some services were withdrawn in 2014 26 there is a coach park located in the town centre rail kidwelly railway station is on the west wales line westbound services from kidwelly terminate at carmarthen or pembroke dock with less frequent direct services to fishguard harbour and milford haven eastbound services terminate at swansea or cardiff central with less frequent direct services to manchester piccadilly and london paddington 27 28 cycling kidwelly is connected to the national cycle network along the coast from the east and west by ncr 4 29 the cycle path runs directly through the town centre air pembrey airport is approximately 3 miles 4 8 km east of kidwelly the nearest airport with domestic and international scheduled flights is cardiff airport walking there are numerous public footpaths and bridleways in kidwelly and mynydd y garreg including glan yr afon just behind the wesleyan chapel on the bridge and summer way maes yr haf off water street current developments edit the kidwelly town council has recently been successful in developing the town s numerous parks and playgrounds to encourage community participation and provide residents with safe and enjoyable public spaces the project has seen over 250 000 invested so far 30 a part of the old cydweli town square additionally the town council has begun a redevelopment project to transform the town square into a greener and more convenient space the project includes open green spaces new toilet blocks and a more convenient street layout the work was started in january 2024 with the aim of completing the project by the end of may 2024 31 climate edit v t e climate data for pembrey sands air weapons range 1991 2020 normals month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec year mean daily maximum c f 8 3 46 9 8 5 47 3 10 3 50 5 12 9 55 2 15 9 60 6 18 1 64 6 19 8 67 6 19 7 67 5 18 0 64 4 14 8 58 6 11 4 52 5 9 0 48 2 13 9 57 0 mean daily minimum c f 2 7 36 9 2 6 36 7 3 6 38 5 5 2 41 4 7 8 46 0 10 6 51 1 12 7 54 9 12 6 54 7 10 6 51 1 8 2 46 8 5 2 41 4 3 2 37 8 7 1 44 8 average rainfall mm inches 113 5 4 47 81 9 3 22 71 2 2 80 67 9 2 67 68 8 2 71 73 3 2 89 73 9 2 91 95 4 3 76 78 4 3 09 123 4 4 86 129 4 5 09 125 4 4 94 1 102 5 43 41 average rainy days 1 mm 16 1 13 1 12 6 11 3 10 5 10 6 10 9 12 0 11 4 15 6 16 9 16 2 157 3 source met office 32 notable people edit this section does not cite any sources please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed march 2023 learn how and when to remove this message william jones 1676 1725 principal of jesus college oxford from 1720 to 1725 33 thomas pardo died 1763 principal of jesus college oxford from 1727 to 1763 gordon lewis born 1936 a welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer with over 400 club caps ray gravell 1951 2007 a welsh rugby union centre with 23 caps for wales sport edit kidwelly rugby club the local rugby union team is kidwelly rfc a club formed in the 1880s which now plays in the welsh rugby union league they play their home games at parc stephen s kidwelly parc stephen s is also the home venue of local football cricket and lawn bowls teams the football team is kidwelly town afc pembrey circuit is about 3 miles away hosting races and rallies see also edit kidwelly sex cult references edit kidwelly community city population retrieved 5 january 2025 around the town kidwelly town council retrieved 5 january 2025 1 2 timeline kidwelly history society retrieved 5 january 2025 lewis samuel 1849 kidwelly or cydweli a topographical dictionary of wales pp 445 456 retrieved 5 january 2025 1 2 murphy k 2021 the archaeology of the medieval towns of southwest wales kidwelly pdf llandeilo dyfed archaeological trust p 4 retrieved 5 january 2025 cadw kidwelly castle grade i 11876 national historic assets of wales retrieved 8 may 2022 owain glyndŵr s forces attack kidwelly kidwelly history society retrieved 5 january 2025 heroes and heroines of wales gwenllian pdf cadw welsh government 2013 retrieved 5 january 2025 cadw assorting room at former kidwelly tinplate works 20196 national historic assets of wales retrieved 5 january 2025 future of uk s only surviving tinplate works in carmarthenshire in the balance five years after museum closure nation cymru 27 july 2022 retrieved 5 january 2025 greenwood murder trial www kidwellyhistory co uk retrieved 21 october 2023 wilson colin 1984 encyclopedia of murder pan books isbn 0 330 28300 6 contact us kidwelly town council retrieved 5 january 2025 election maps ordnance survey retrieved 5 january 2025 kidwelly ancient parish civil parish a vision of britain through time gb historical gis university of portsmouth retrieved 5 january 2025 first report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the municipal corporations in england and wales part 1 1835 pp 273 276 retrieved 5 january 2025 cadw kidwelly town hall 11880 national historic assets of wales retrieved 6 september 2023 kelly s directory of monmouthshire and south wales 1895 p 345 retrieved 5 january 2025 annual report of the local government board 1895 p 370 retrieved 5 january 2025 local government act 1972 legislation gov uk the national archives 1972 c 70 retrieved 6 october 2022 local government wales act 1994 legislation gov uk the national archives 1994 c 19 retrieved 9 october 2022 kidwelly sustainable economic growth plan pdf carmarthen carmarthenshire county council 2021 p 14 retrieved 5 january 2025 dalling robert 3 october 2019 the historic grade two listed town hall that s up for sale for just 75 000 wales online retrieved 5 january 2025 kidwelly carnival archived 2009 02 05 at the wayback machine keith e morgan 15 november 2015 kidwelly through time amberley publishing limited p 69 isbn 978 1 4456 5236 8 carmarthenshire county council archived from the original on 7 december 2014 retrieved 19 march 2015 national rail enquiries route 14 south and central wales and borders pdf archived from the original pdf on 7 june 2011 retrieved 22 december 2008 sustrans archived from the original on 10 march 2007 retrieved 24 july 2006 kidwelly town council annual report 2022 23 kidwelly town council remodelling kidwelly town square january 2024 kidwelly town council pembrey sands carmarthenshire uk climate averages met office met office retrieved 6 july 2024 lewis david 2025 past principals of jesus college 1st ed jesus college oxford p 54 cite book cs1 maint date and year link further reading edit kenyon john r 2007 1986 kidwelly castle 4th ed cardiff cadw isbn 978 1 85760 256 2 external links edit wikivoyage has a travel guide for kidwelly wikimedia commons has media related to kidwelly kidwelly town council includes visitors guide kidwelly castle official website kidwelly industrial museum 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