New Inn, Carmarthenshire

New Inn is a small village located in Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population of 348. It is situated along the A485 A road between Llanllwni and Gwyddgrug, approximately four miles from the village of Pencader. It is a linear settlement consisting of around sixty houses and a chapel.HistoryNew Inn developed at the crossroads of a Roman road, Sarn Helen, going from south to north, and a track that later became a drovers' road going from west to east.The village was the commercial centre of the area by the mid 19th Century, with three public houses, a general store exporting vast quantities of butter and cheese to Carmarthen docks and an inn, 'The Traveller's Rest'. The village experienced a decline in trade due to the opening of a railway in the nearby settlement of Pencader. The community school in the village opened in 1881.In 2007, the school was closed by the LEA due to a decline in the number of pupils and financial concerns. The two remaining public houses and the general store in the village have also closed.