Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NANTYMWYN

NANTYMWYN, a village in the N E of Carmarthen; on the river Towy, 5½ miles N of Llandovery. It has a post-office under Carmarthen. Lead mines, belongingto Earl Cawdor, are on a hill-side here, above the Towy; and are worked by levels.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Rhandir Mwyn

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