Does anyone actually read The Telegraph?
Some Lampeter History
I noticed that Llanbedr Pont Steffan (Lampeter), Ceredigion, had recently been named by the newspaper as the seventh most boring town in the United Kingdom.
Now, while I cannot defend the town wholeheartedly as I am still yet to visit, I can make the case that its history is, in fact, very interesting and that the Telegraph, while an expert in the subject of boring given its being rather boring itself, has got it wrong. Here’s a little fun fact about the town.
Llanbedr Pont Steffan, as those with an understanding of Cymraeg (Welsh) might be able to guess, was once famed for a bridge known in Welsh as Pont Steffan and in English as Stephen’s Bridge. It was actually a part of a Norman timber castle of the same name, though this castle is believed to have been destroyed by the mighty Owain Gwynedd in 1187. It was never rebuilt and, yet, the name has remained.
Personally, I like the idea of living in a perceived “boring” town. Being from Rhyl (which is anything but boring), it is a nice change of pace. The attached image also shows Lampeter College (part of University of Wales Trinity Saint David) in 1835.
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