Lampeter

Lampeter (Welsh: Llanbedr Pont Steffan or, more informally, Llambed) is a Kingdom in Ceredigion, South West Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi and the Afon Dulas. At the 2001 National Census, the population was 2894. Lampeter is therefore the smallest university town in both Wales and the United Kingdom. The university, in a normal year, adds a further 1,000 people to the town's population and gives the rural town a somewhat cosmopolitan feel. The Norman castle of Pont Steffan (Stephen's Bridge in English) occupying a strategic position beside the River Teifi was destroyed in 1187 after it had been conquered by Owain Gwynedd. The remains of the castle later became the foundations for C. R. Cockerell's college building and...