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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LLANGAN, a parish in the district of Narberth and counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen; on the river Taff and on the South Wales railway, 2 miles WNW of Whitland r. station, and 5½ NE by E of Narberth. I+. contains the village of Camvelin; and its post-town is Whitland, under Narberth. Acres of the Pembroke portion, 194; of the Carmarthen position, 4,758. Real property of the whole, £3,256. Pop. of the P. portion, 37; of theportion, 604. Houses, 6 and 129. The property is divided among a few. Whitland Abbey, a modern mansion, on the site of the monastic Abba Landa, is the seat of the Hon. W. Yelverton. The monastic house originated in a cell planted by Paulinus, in the 5th century; was founded, for Cistertian monks, by Bishop Bernard, in 1143; and is now represented by little else than some portions of clustered pillars. TyGwyn-ar-Tav, or the White House of Howel Dha, stood near the monastery's site; consisted of withy rods; and was the place where Howel Dha's 13 wise men, in 926, composed the laws of Wales. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £86. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Canna, and is tolerable.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Carmarthenshire AncC Pembrokeshire AncC |
| Place: | Llangan |
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