Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ferryside

Ferryside, vil. with ry. sta., St Ishmael par., in co. and 6 miles SW. of Carmarthen, on river Towey; P.O., T.O.; is a bathing-place, and has shrimp and cockle fisheries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Ishmael CP/AP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Ferryside

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