▁trade . ▁ ▁Lar ge ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁were ▁abandoned , ▁and ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁start ▁to ▁recover ▁until ▁the ▁T ud or ▁period . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁still ▁significantly ▁smaller ▁than ▁in ▁ 1 3 0 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 4 0 5 , ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁burn ed ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁al lies ▁of ▁O w ain ▁G ly nd wr , ▁although ▁in ▁its ▁early ▁history ▁Ha ver ford west ▁suffered ▁less ▁than ▁most ▁towns ▁in ▁Wales ▁from ▁such ▁dep red ations . ▁ ▁Post - med ieval ▁During ▁the ▁English ▁Civil ▁War , ▁the ▁burg esses ▁of ▁the ▁bor ough ▁supported ▁Parliament , ▁while ▁the ▁r uling ▁gent ry ▁were ▁Royal ist . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁there ▁was ▁considerable ▁conflict , ▁and ▁the ▁town ▁changed ▁hands ▁five ▁times . ▁ ▁There ▁followed ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁st agn ation ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁compar ative ▁status ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁decl ined . ▁Ha ver ford west ▁today ▁has ▁the ▁air ▁of ▁a ▁typical ▁small ▁country ▁market ▁town , ▁but ▁the ▁centre ▁still ▁con ve ys ▁the ▁feel ▁of ▁the ▁important ▁media eval ▁bor ough . ▁The ▁once ▁run - down ▁rivers ide ▁area ▁has ▁been ▁renov ated ▁and ▁Bridge ▁Street ▁has ▁been ▁ped est rian ised ▁and ▁improved . ▁ ▁Ha ver ford west ▁was ▁bom bed ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 0 .