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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MOTHVEY, or MYDDFAI, a parish, which is also a sub-district, in Llandovery district, Carmarthen; on the river Sevin, 3¼ miles S of Llandovery r. station, and 3½ W of the boundary with Brecon. It contains the hamlets of Lower Mothvey and Upper Mothvey, and has fairs on 18 June and 18 Oct. Post town, Llandovery, under Carmarthen. Acres, 11,914. Real property, £5,343. Pop. in 1851,1,069; in 1861,1,118. Houses, 232. The property is subdivided. Cilgwyn and Llwynywormwood are chief residences. The surface is hilly, and the rocks include lead ore. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £103.* Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is ancient but good, and contains a monument to Bishop Owen. The churchyard has a sycamore 54 feet in girth, and a yew 25 feet. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £17.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, which is also a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Myddfai CP/AP Myddfai SubD Llandovery RegD/PLU Carmarthenshire AncC |
| Place names: | MOTHVEY | MOTHVEY OR MYDDFAI | MYDDFAI |
| Place: | Myddfai |
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