Brechfa

Brechfa is a village is situated between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The village has existed since the 6th century. HistoryIn the 1840s, Brechfa featured in the Rebecca Riots when rioters destroyed tollgates on the local turnpike road. During the 1930s Great Depression, unemployed men were set to work on the Forestry Commission land, breaking ground, building tracks, and undertaking other heavy labour. The men lived in a work camp in Brechfa, which was one of a number of Instructional Centres run by the Ministry of Labour. Location and amenitiesBrechfa village is set in countryside at the top of the Cothi Valley. The village has a bridge which links both sides of the village together as well as being located by the Brechfa Forest. St. Teilo's Church is based in the middle of the Brechfa and replaced the former church building in 1893. The stone from the former church building was used to build the current church hall which is situated directly opposite St. Teilo's Church. The Bryn Stores Community Store is a co-operative has been set up to run the village shop, which featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph Magazine in 2007. The village was chosen as a special stage in the British Rally from 2006 to 2008.

Brechfa is a village is situated between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The village has existed since the 6th century. HistoryIn the 1840s, Brechfa featured in the Rebecca Riots when rioters destroyed tollgates on the local turnpike road. During the 1930s Great Depression, unemployed men were set to work on the Forestry Commission land, breaking ground, building tracks, and undertaking other heavy labour. The men lived in a work camp in Brechfa, which was one of a number of Instructional Centres run by the Ministry of Labour. Location and amenitiesBrechfa village is set in countryside at the top of the Cothi Valley. The village has a bridge which links both sides of the village together as well as being located by the Brechfa Forest. St. Teilo's Church is based in the middle of the Brechfa and replaced the former church building in 1893. The stone from the former church building was used to build the current church hall which is situated directly opposite St. Teilo's Church. The Bryn Stores Community Store is a co-operative has been set up to run the village shop, which featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph Magazine in 2007. The village was chosen as a special stage in the British Rally from 2006 to 2008.