Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDEFEILOG, or LLANDYVEILOG

LLANDEFEILOG, or LLANDYVEILOG, a village and a parish in the district and county of Carmarthen. The village stands between the rivers Gwendraethfach and Towy, near the South Wales railway, 3 miles NE of Ferryside r. station, and 5½ S of Carmarthen; and has a post office under Kidwelly.—The parish contains the l hamlets of Cilmarch, Ishcoed, Cloygin, Cydplwydd, Iddole, Moelfre, and Scybor-fawr; and the last includes Llandefeilog village. Acres, 7,320. Rated property, £5,263. Pop., 1,247. Houses, 240. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the dio cese of St. David's. Value, £68. Patron, Miss Bull. Charities, £4.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llandyfaelog CP/AP       Carmarthen RegD/PLU       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place names: LLANDEFEILOG     |     LLANDEFEILOG OR LLANDYVEILOG     |     LLANDYVEILOG
Place: Llandyfaelog

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