Volunteer Stories – Kath Elvy
10/06/2026
By Anne
Costume Volunteer Producing 100 metres of bunting. Volunteering at the park for a few months. “I am part of the seamstress team of five who are now involved in making costumes for the public and some of the staff re-enactments of period history. “I have done some sewing and acting in the National Botanic Garden …
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History
Posted: 12/06/2021 by Admin
The Bishops Park and Gardens is brimming with history. From the ancient trees which have stood watch here for centuries, to the walled garden which provided exotic food and flowers for the bishop’s table, to the oxbow lake and the shifting landscape of the Tywi Valley flood plain, to the medieval bishops palace which the Park surrounds and the people that lived and worked here.
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The Old Bishop’s Palace
Posted: 06/10/2015 by Admin
The connection between the Bishops of St Davids and Abergwili goes back over 700 years. It began at the end of the thirteenth century when Bishop Thomas Bek established a church college of 21 priests in Abergwili. This was at a time when the church owned extensive lands in the area and Abergwili was one …
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