The Bro Beca Project

Have you heard any local stories about the Rebecca Riots?

Do you know the location of the nineteenth century tollgates in your area?

What were conditions like for ordinary people in your area in the 1840’s?

Would you like to join others in your community to find out more about the causes and consequences of the revolt against the establishment that became known as the Rebecca Riots?

The aim of this community based project is to build on the historic and living culture of ‘Rebecca’, which unites communities of Pembrokeshire.

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Plaque to commemorate the destruction of the first toll gate on May 13th 1839 in Efailwen.

Bro Beca began in 2002 as a joint project between Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development (PLANED) and Antur Cwm Taf Tywi (ACTT).

The project aimed to assist communities in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire to uncover and interpret their history in connection with the Rebecca Riots.

Bro Beca has been funded by the Wales Tourist Board, European Union EAGGF Objective 1, and the RSTP Fund.

The Bro Beca Project continues in Pembrokeshire under PLANED's Sense of Place Programme, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government's Rural Community Action Fund.

 

Inscription reads:

GYFERBYN AR GARREG
HON AY Y 13EG O FAI
1839 Y DINISTRIWYD
TOLLBORTH AR Y FORDD
DYRPEG AM Y TRO
CYNTAF A THRWY
HYNNY DECHREUWYD
RHYDDHAU FFYRDD
Y WLAD

OPPOSITE THIS STONE
ON THE 13TH MAY
1839 THE TOLLGATE
ON THE TURNPIKE ROAD
WAS DESTROYED FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND
THUS STARTED THE
FREEING OF THE ROADS OF
THE LAND