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Station Road, Nantgaredig, 2002
Nantgaredig Crossroads looking south into Station Road.
On the right of this photograph (where the parked car and barrier can be seen) stood two cottages called Cross Hands.
On the left, about 50 yards into the junction, was another cottage which was derelict for many years. It was demolished in the latter years of the 20th century.
In 1881 David Lewis, aged 81, lived with his wife, Maria aged 60 in No. 1, while next door in No. 2 was widow Anne Jones aged 32.
The cottages have long since been demolished and the only evidence of their existence can be found in old records.
The railway station was lost in the Beeching restructuring of the railways and all that remains are the sidings, now under industrial use.
The Carmarthen Journal of August 18, 1822 records:
Accident at Nantgaredig Railway Station
On Tuesday evening Mr R. Griffiths, Hay Merchant, was, together with his men, loading a truck of hay at the railway station, and when nearly completed, one of the cuttings on which he stood gave way, when he fell to the ground on one of the rails in such a way that he received injuries to his head and body.
The result might very probably have proved fatal, but he is progressing favourably so far under the medical treatment of Mr W. L. Jones, surgeon.
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