The "Garden of Wales" county is also home to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Carmarthenshire has been inhabited since prehistoric times; stone tools found in Coygan Cave indicate the presence of humans at least 400,000 years ago. Carmarthenshire has its early roots in the region formerly known as Ystrad Tywi ("Vale of Tywi") and part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth during the High Middle Ages. In 1972 Carmarthenshire joined Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire in the new county of Dyfed. Twenty-two years later, the boundaries were reversed.<\/span><\/span>","Also recorded as “Grentebridscire” in the Domesday Book, Cambridgeshire<\/strong> (Cambs<\/strong>) is located on the Eastern side of England bordering Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, Huntingdonshire and Soke of Peterborough. Noted as the site of Flag Fen in Fengate, one of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the UK.","From its founding until the last prison ship set sail in 1868, Van Diemen's Land<\/strong> was the primary penal colony in Australia and over 75,000 convicts were transported there.","The First Fleet<\/strong> departed from Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, on May 13, 1787 and sailed for around 250 days. The fleet was comprised of eleven ships - six prison ships, three equipment ships, and two navy ships, Sirius and Supply. After an extremely long journey, the First Fleet finally arrived at Botany Bay, located in Sydney, New South Wales, between January 18 and 20, 1788.","Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire.<\/strong>","Dutch navigator Willem Jansz<\/strong> aboard the Duyfken was the first European to land in waht is now known as Australia<\/strong> in 1606. He charted much of the Gulf of Carpentaria, located on the northern coast of Australia. In 1616, another Dutch captain, Dirk Hartog, landed on the west coast of Australia near Shark Bay.","Wales,<\/strong> or Cymru<\/strong> a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","Most Welsh surnames<\/strong> are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/knight.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/domesday_book.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Hampshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Somerset England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Suffolk England.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Sussex England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Kent England.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/wales_carmarthanshire.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Cambridgeshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/Huntingdonshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Forth","sU":"FORTH","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/FORTH\/EN\/Forth\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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