Lampeter is a town and community in Ceredigion, South West Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Teifi. The town developed the crafts, services and industries to cater for the needs of the rural area. There were several woollen mills, one of which in the mid-18th century was already producing the complex double-woven tapestry cloth later to become associated with the Welsh woollen industry. There were also blacksmiths, a leather tannery, carpenters, saddlers, bootmakers and hatters. The poet Dylan Thomas had links with the area.
