Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CWMAMMAN

CWMAMMAN, a village in Llandeilo-fawr parish, and a chapelry in Llandeilo-fawr, Llandebie, Bettws, Llangadock, and Llanguick parishes, Carmarthen. The village stands on the Pontamman river and the Garnant branch of the Llanelly and Vale of Towy railway, near Garnant r. station, under the Black mountains, 16½ miles NE by N of Llanelly; and it has a post office under Llanelly, and a market-house. The chapelry was constituted in 1843. Pop., 4, 353. Houses, 873. The scenery is alpine and picturesque. Anthracite coal is sent by railway for shipment at Llanelly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £150. Patron, the Bishop of St. Davids. The church is a neat edifice of 1841.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Cwmaman

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.