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The Baptist Union of Wales (Undeb Bedyddwyr Cymru) is a Baptist denomination Wales. It is affiliated with the Free Church Council, Cytûn (Churches Together in Wales), the European Baptist Federation, and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Carmarthen.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of four former districts from the administrative county of Carmarthenshire, which were abolished at the same time: [1] [2] Carmarthen Municipal Borough; Carmarthen Rural District; Newcastle Emlyn Rural District; Newcastle Emlyn Urban District
Carmarthen (UK: / k ər ˈ m ɑːr ð ən /, local: / k ɑːr-/; Welsh: Caerfyrddin [kairˈvərðɪn], 'Merlin's fort' or possibly 'Sea-town fort') is the county town of Carmarthenshire and a community in Wales, lying on the River Towy 8 miles (13 km) north of its estuary in Carmarthen Bay.
[2] [3] [4] A Baptist by religion, he held the post of president of the Baptist Union of Wales and was a prominent freemason. [1] [2] [4] He married Lizzie Powell in 1893, and the couple had one daughter. He died in a London nursing home following an operation in 1928, three days before his 66th birthday. [1]
Cytûn: Churches Together in Wales (Welsh: [kəˈtɨːn], "agreed"; English: / k ə ˈ t iː n /) is a national ecumenical organisation of churches in Wales, formed in 1990. It is the successor to the former Council of Churches for Wales.
The districts of Wales were a form of local government in Wales used between 1974 and 1996. There were thirty-seven districts, and they were the second tier of local government introduced by the Local Government Act 1972 , being subdivisions of the eight counties introduced at the same time.
From 1973 until 1996 it was a single-member ward for the purposes of elections to Dyfed County Council and a two-member ward for elections to Carmarthen District Council. Following a boundary review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales , Carmarthen Town South was merged with Carmarthen Town North to be called Carmarthen Town ...
Carmarthen Borough Council was a local authority in the central part of Carmarthenshire, Wales created in 1835 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It succeeded the Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Borough of Carmarthen established by a Royal Charter of 1604.