Caerfarchell

{{Short description|Village in Pembrokeshire, Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | static_image = Chapel at Caerfarchell, Pembrokeshire - geograph.org.uk - 81158.jpg | static_image_caption = Chapel at Caerfarchell | coordinates = {{coord|51.90|-5.21|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Caerfarchell | population = | community_wales = | unitary_wales = Pembrokeshire | constituency_westminster = Mid and South Pembrokeshire | constituency_welsh_assembly = | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SM795270 }}

'''Caerfarchell''' ({{IPA|cy|kaɪrvɑːrxɛɬ}}) is a small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, 3 miles northeast of St Davids, close by the A487 road. It is in the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close.

==Description== Several houses are built around a small village green.

In 2001 the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority drew up a conservation statement with the help of villagers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Villages discuss conservation|url=https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/6652664.villages-discuss-conservation/|accessdate=20 June 2020|newspaper=Western Telegraph|date=13 November 2001}}</ref>

==History== It is believed the village originated in the 14th or 15th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dyfed Archaeological Trust: 297 Waun Caerfarchell|url=http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/StDavids/area/area297.htm|accessdate=12 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415215343/http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/StDavids/area/area297.htm|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> Early medieval burials have been recorded. An early 19th century farm building opposite the chapel is a Grade II-listed building<ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=12663 |desc=Outbuilding to rear of Caerfarchell Farmhouse |grade=II |access-date=21 July 2019 }}</ref> and there are nine other listed buildings in the vicinity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dyfed Archaeological Trust: 288 Treledydd - Tretio - Caerfarchell|url=http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/StDavids/area/area288.htm|accessdate=12 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815090107/http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/HLC/StDavids/area/area288.htm|archive-date=15 August 2011}}</ref>

==Chapel== A Calvinist Methodist Chapel was built in 1763 and replaced by the current building in 1827. It is Grade II* listed.<ref name=Coflein>{{Coflein|desc=Caerfarchell Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Caerfarchell |num=11216 |accessdate=2012-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{National Historic Assets of Wales|num=12664 |desc=Capel Caerfarchell & Outbuilding to NE corner of Forecourt |grade=II* |access-date=21 July 2019 }}</ref>

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Category:Villages in Pembrokeshire