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Brechfa
Sign in to savethumb | right Brechfa, situated between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, is a village that has existed since the 6th century at the top of the Cothi Valley. Brechfa village is set in countryside, as well as being located by the Brechfa Forest
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- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Brechfa
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Carmarthenshire
- Official website
- www.brechfa.info
- Image
- Brechfa Church - geograph.org.uk - 149359.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- SN525303
- postal code
- SA32
- Commons category
- Brechfa
- P12749
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thumb | right Brechfa, situated between Llandeilo and Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, is a village that has existed since the 6th century at the top of the Cothi Valley. Brechfa village is set in countryside, as well as being located by the Brechfa Forest
==History== In 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 sent 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.
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