Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARROS

MARROS, a parish in the district of Narberth and county of Carmarthen; on Carmarthen bay, 5½ miles S by E of Whitland r. station, and 6 WS#V of Laugharne. Post town, Pendine, under St. Clears. Acres, 2,574; of which 400 are water. Real property, £661. Pop., 130. Houses, 30. The property is all in one estate. The land is very poor. Ironstone is found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £73. Patron, the Vicar of Laugharne. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Marros CP/AP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Marros

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