Talog is a small rural village in Carmarthenshire, Wales,[1] located on the River Cywyn, about seven miles north-west of the town of Carmarthen. It is in the community of Abernant.
![Talog Community Hall and roads leading to it](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Composite-small.gif/220px-Composite-small.gif)
Talog was one of many west Wales villages involved in the Rebecca Riots of the early 19th century.[2] A local miller, John Harries, was tried for his involvement in an ambush of the police and army pensioners at Talog, on 12 June 1843, after a reward of £300 had been offered for his capture.[3] Sentenced along with him were two other local men, Thomas Thomas and Sam Brown.[4]
The village store was originally set up in 1836 by Thomas Thomas, and incorporated a post office.[4] The village is now served by a mobile Post Office which visits 2 days a week.[5] Bethania Baptist Church was built in 1839.[6] A First World War building, purchased from the War Department in Monmouth, was brought to the village and set up for use as a village hall in 1920.[7]
Talog is the home of Jin Talog, a small gin distillery which won 3 Stars in the 2019 Great Taste awards, one of only four winners of the top mark.[8] It was also nominated for a Golden fork award that year.
References
edit- ^ "About Talog, Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin) (SA33 6NY)". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey.
- ^ Pat Molloy (1 January 1983). And They Blessed Rebecca: An Account of the Welsh Toll-gate Riots, 1839-1844. Gomer Press. ISBN 978-0-86383-031-0.
- ^ "Letter from Colonel Trevor (Lord Dynevor) to [?William Chambers], Carmarthen, 3 July, 1843". www.terrynorm.ic24.net. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ a b "The Area". Cyngor Cymuned Abernant Community Council. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Branch Finder | Post Office". www.postoffice.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Bethania Baptist Church, Talog (6217)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Talog Village Hall". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "The award-winning Welsh gin labelled 'kind of perfect' by Great Taste judges". Wales Online. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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