Talgarth

Coordinates: 51°59′35″N 3°13′55″W / 51.993°N 3.232°W / 51.993; -3.232

Talgarth is a small market town , community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom in southern Powys, mid Wales, with a population of 1,645, increasing to 1,724 at the 2011 Census. Notable buildings in the town include its 14th-century parish church and 13th-century Pele Tower, located in the town centre, now home to the Tourist Information and Resource Centre. According to traditional accounts Talgarth was the capital of the early medieval Welsh Kingdom of Brycheiniog.

Name

The meaning of the town's name is in the Welsh words tâl (forehead or brow of a hill) and garth (mountain ridge or promontory), thus "end of the ridge". It appears as Talgart in 1121, as Talgard after 1130, and in its present form in the years between 1203 and 1208.

The church of Talgarth is recorded in 1488 as dedicated to Sce Wenne Virginis, explained as Gwen (granddaughter of Brychan), said to have been murdered by the Saxons.