Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANLLWNY

LLANLLWNY, a parish, with a village, in the district of Lampeter and county of Carmarthen; on the river Teifi, at the boundary with Cardigan, 9 miles SW of Lampeter r. station. Post town, Carmarthen. Acres, 6,624. Real property, £2,583. Pop., 776. Houses, 181. The property is much subdivided. Maes Criggie and Perthyberllan are chief residences. Monastic houses were at Maes Nonny and Hen Briordy; and a barrow is at Y Castell. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Llanfihangel-Rhosycorn, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £103.* Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Llonio, and was recently in disrepair.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanllwni AP/CP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Llanllwni

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