page_title: Laugharne
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Laugharne / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: Image taken from: Title: "The Antiquities of Langharne and Pendine, Carmarthenshire, S. Wales, with some notice of their neighbourhoods, and illustrations" Author(s): Curtis, Mary, of Langharne [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 10369.ccc.2" Page: 159 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication) Place of publication: London (England) Date of publication: 1880 Edition: Second edition Type of resource: Monograph Language(s): English Physical description: viii, 339 pages (8°) Explore this item in the British Library’s catalogue: 000840901 (physical copy) and 014839725 (digitised copy) (numbers are British Library identifiers) Other links related to this image: - View this image as a scanned publication on the British Library’s online viewer (you can download the image, selected pages or the whole book) - Order a higher quality scanned version of this image from the British Library Other links related to this publication: - View all the illustrations found in this publication - View all the illustrations in publications from the same year (1880) - Download the Optical Character Recognised (OCR) derived text for this publication as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) - Explore and experiment with the British Library’s digital collections The British Library community is able to flourish online thanks to freely available resources such as this. You can help support our mission to continue making our collection accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment, by donating on the British Library supporter webpage here. Thank you for supporting the British Library.
context_page_description: Laugharne is a town on the south coast of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf.
  The ancient borough of Laugharne Township with its Corporation and Charter is a unique survival in Wales. In a predominantly English-speaking area, just south of the Landsker Line, the community is bordered by those of Llanddowror, St Clears, Llangynog and Llansteffan. It had a population at the 2011 census of 1,222. Laugharne Township electoral ward also includes the communities of Eglwyscummin, Pendine and Llanddowror.
  Dylan Thomas lived in Laugharne from 1949 until his death in 1953, famously describing it as a "timeless, mild, beguiling island of a town". It is generally accepted as the inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in Under Milk Wood. Thomas confirmed on two occasions that his play was based on Laugharne although topographically it is also similar to New Quay where he briefly lived.
context_section_description: Local attractions include the 12th-century Laugharne Castle, the town hall and the estuary birdlife.
  Laugharne Township currently contains 69 listed buildings including several fine examples of Georgian townhouses including The Great House and Castle House together with Island House, parts of which date back to the Tudor period. All three properties are grade II* listed and a number of other early vernacular cottages have also survived. 
  There are a number of landmarks in Laugharne connected with the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. These include: The Boathouse, where he lived with his family from 1949 to 1953, and now a museum; his writing shed; and the Dylan Thomas Birthday Walk, which was the setting for the work Poem in October.
caption: Island House in 1856
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