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History of Abergwili · Cadw

4 listed buildings

On the Cadw list, all of them stand inside Abergwili’s built-up area, 75 for every 10,000 residents. All of Abergwili’s listed buildings are Grade II. 38% of its homes were built before 1919.

Listed buildings
4
75 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
0
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
1 registered park or garden
Homes built before 1919
38%
typical UK town 15%
The map

Where Abergwili’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park.

Bishop's Palace, Abergwili, registered park or garden
Park or garden

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

4 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I0 Grade II*4 Grade II

Cadw lists buildings of special architectural or historic interest in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest, Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest, and Grade II for buildings of special interest. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on Cadw’s register of listed buildings whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.

Grade II

4 Grade II listed buildings

Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 4 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

1 registered park or garden

Bishop's Palace, AbergwiliGrade II · Landscape park; informal garden; walled kitchen garden
Homes by age

38% of Abergwili’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

36%
Before 1900
2.9%
1900–18
2.1%
1919–29
2.1%
1930s
0.8%
1945–54
7.5%
1955–64
5.9%
1965–72
5.9%
1973–82
14%
1983–92
10%
1993–99
8.4%
2000–08
0%
2009–15
3.8%
2016–25
AbergwiliEngland & Wales

36% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1983–92, which added 14% of today’s homes.

Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Born here

3 notable people born in Abergwili before 1900

Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.

David Lewis
John Howell
Alfred Pullin
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DL
David Lewis1762–1850 · Welsh clergyman, born 1760
JH
John Howell1774–1830 · Welsh poet and literary editor (1774–1830)
AP
Alfred Pullin1860–1934 · Journalist

Everyone born in Abergwili → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Abergwili

TownPeopleListedGrade IHistory
Abergwili53040—
Carmarthen16,4483043A
Pontyberem1,48430C+
Pontyates1,47510C
Tumble4,04010C−
Pencader1,06130B
Kidwelly2,761152A−
Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes6,33920C
In brief

Abergwili in brief

More of Abergwili’s homes are old than in most places: 38% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. All told, the list holds 4 listed buildings. David Lewis (1762), John Howell (1774) and Alfred Pullin (1860) were all born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: the list grew between 1951 and 2003.

Questions about Abergwili’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Abergwili?

Cadw lists 4 buildings inside Abergwili’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II* and 4 Grade II.

Who was born in Abergwili?

Among people born before 1900: David Lewis (1762), John Howell (1774) and Alfred Pullin (1860).

How old are the homes in Abergwili?

38% of homes were built before 1919 and 42% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

Abergwili has no History Grade.

Listed buildings, scheduled monuments and historic parks and gardens: Cadw, © Crown copyright, via DataMapWales.

Sources: Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.