Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRONGWYN, or Bryngwyn

BRONGWYN, or Bryngwyn, a parish in the district and county of Cardigan; near the river Teifi, 2 miles NW of Newcastle-Emlyn r. station. It has a post office under Carmarthen. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £1,317. Pop., 339. Houses, 80. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Penbryn, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.


(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: Bryn Gwyn CP/AP       Cardiganshire AncC
Place names: BRONGWYN     |     BRONGWYN OR BRYNGWYN     |     BRYNGWYN
Place: Bryn Gwyn

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