Llanteg

Llanteg (also previously known as LANTEAGUE)is a small village in south east Pembrokeshire, Wales, and is within the parish of Crunwere.

It contains a 13th century church (St Elidyr) and two closed chapels. The village has had a History Society since 1999 and they have published three history books, two picture books, a W.I. history, two House Histories, Graveyard Inscriptions ad a village Recipe Book.

1849 Description of Parish CRONWERE (CRUNWEAR), a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from Narberth; containing 282 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the eastern confines of the county, a short distance south of the turnpike-road from Laugharne to Narberth. It is bounded on the north by Lampeter, on the south by Amroath, on the west by Ludchurch, and on the east by Carmarthenshire, from which it is separated by a small brook. The number of acres is about 2000, of which 1500 are arable, and 500 pasture. The surface is of a hilly character: the soil is various; red earth, affording rich pasture, extends across a portion of the parish in a direction from north to south; other parts are cold and sterile, with a subsoil of clay; the earth covering the limestone portion is good, but liable to become soon parched and dry. There is a village named Lanteague, the only one in the parish; also a corn-mill, and a mill where the coarse cloth of the country is prepared and dyed: a quarry is likewise worked, producing limestone of fine quality. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £6. 16. 10½., and in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £105; there is a glebe-house, and the glebe contains sixty-eight acres, valued at £50 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Elidyr, is a very ancient structure, now nearly in ruins, and contains 200 sittings. A Sunday school was established in the year 1820.

A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47817.

As there was no memorial in the village to commemorate the War Dead the History Group decided to do their own. 

This War Memorial was commissioned by the History Society in 2003 and designed and worked for free by Mrs Diana John of Ruelwall, being unveiled in February 2004.

There is a War Memorial and Brass Plaque in Llanteg Hall to commemorate the three War Dead from Crunwere Parish:-

William Davies, Bevlin, 9th October 1917 (Private, 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers)

Hugh Slader Glanville, East Llanteg, 11th November 1917 (Private, 24th Battalion, Welsh Regiment)

James Edgar John Mason, Ruelwall, 14th June 1944 (Stoker 1st Class. HMLBO. Royal Navy)'

There is a Brass Plaque to commemorate Diana John of Ruelwall who designed and worked the memorial free for the History Society.

The War Memorial was unveiled by Mrs Eileen Oriel (widow of Mr J.E.J.Mason) after a dedication by Rev'd Bate in February 2004. Families and friends gathered for the short service followed by tea and refreshments. 

The History Group also ensure that the Village Hall is open every Remembrance Sunday for anyone who wishes to come and pay their respects.

External websites

• Village website
• History Society blog