Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANWRDA

LLANWRDA, a village and a parish in Llandovery district, Carmarthen. The village stands near the Central Wales railway, 4¼ miles SW of Llandovery; and has a post office under Carmarthen, and a r. station. The parish comprises 4,441 acres. Real property, £3,120. Pop., 611. Houses, 118. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llansadwrn, in the diocese of St. David's. The church was recently in disrepair. The parish shares in the charities of Llansadwrn.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanwrda AP/CP       Llandovery RegD/PLU       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Llanwrda

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