Introducing Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd)
Haverfordwest is a bustling no-nonsense town, a thriving shopping centre and public transport hub. Though it retains some fine Georgian buildings, it lacks the prettiness and historic atmosphere of many of its Pembrokeshire neighbours. It grew up around a shallow spot on the Western Cleddau River where it was possible to ford the stream, and takes its name from the Old English term haefer (billy goat) – this was the western haefer ford, the place where drovers crossed the river with their goats.
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Founded as a fortified Flemish settlement by the Norman Lord Gilbert de Clare in about 1110, its castle became the nucleus for a thriving market and its port remained important until the railway arrived in the mid-19th century.
Last updated: Sep 29, 2008
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Re: caernarfon to cardiff via St. Davids
by babaorhum 27 August 2011
thank you all.. i've decided togo to Haverfordwest, spend the night there, then visit St Davids and then go to Cardiff where I intend…
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RE: caernarfon to cardiff via St. Davids
by ukglobetrotter 27 August 2011
You could get a bus to Bangor, then get the train to Chester for Cardiff, or direct to Cardiff, then go across from Cardiff to Haverfordwest…
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RE: caernarfon to cardiff via St. Davids
by Mrs_Trellis 24 August 2011
Pretty well impossible - using transport direct - which could not initially find either Caernarfon or St David's (I think the apostrophe…
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