Begelly
Begelly is a village and parish in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, north of Tenby on the A478 road. The parish includes the hamlets of Thomas Chapel and Broom and has a web of small settlements associated with the 19th century anthracite mining industry. The parish, together with the parish of Reynalton and part of St. Issells, constitutes the community and ward of Kilgetty/Begelly, which had a population of 2,011 in 2001, with 11 per cent Welsh speakers, and 2,262 at the 2011 Census. Begelly itself had a population of 761.Name
The placename appears to be Welsh, meaning "Bugail's territory".History
Part of Little England beyond Wales, it has been essentially English-speaking for 900 years. The parish, recorded on a 1578 map as Begely, had an area of . Its census populations were: 354 : 779 : 445 : 346 : 500.
The percentage of Welsh speakers was 3.5 : 5.0 : 4.5.
