Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANYCRWYS

LLANYCRWYS, a parish in the district of Lampeter and county of Carmarthen; on the river Cothi and the Sarn Helen way, under Craig-Twrch, at the boundary with Cardigan, 4 miles E by S of Lampeter r. station. It contains the hamlets of Fforest and Mynachty; and its Post town is Lampeter, under Carmarthen. Acres, 3,379. Real property, £785. Pop., 524. Houses, 113. The surface is hilly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £60. Patron, J. Jones, Esq. 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: Llan Y Crwys AP/CP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Llan Y Crwys

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