Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDDAUSAINT, or LLANTHOYSAINT

LLANDDAUSAINT, or LLANTHOYSAINT, a parish, which is also a sub-district, in Llandovery district, Carmarthen; on the rivers Usk and Sawthe, near their source, under the Black mountains at the boundary with Brecon, 6 miles SE by E of Llangadock r. station. It contains the hamlets of Blaensawthe, Gwidre, Maesfynnon, and Quatre-Mawr; and has a fair on 10 Oct. Post town, Llangadock, under Carmarthen. Acres, 10,307. Real property, £3,611. Pop., 848. Houses, 163. The property is divided among a few. Ban-Sir-Gaer mountain here has an altitude of 2,596 feet; and much of the rest of the surface is hilly. A lake is here at the source of the river Sawthe. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Llangadock, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is good, and is dedicated to Sts. Simon and Jude. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, which is also a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanddeusant CP/AP       Llanddeusant SubD       Llandovery RegD/PLU       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place names: LLANDDAUSAINT     |     LLANDDAUSAINT OR LLANTHOYSAINT     |     LLANTHOYSAINT
Place: Llanddeusant

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