A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Carmarthen. You may be able to find further references to Carmarthen in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CARMARTHEN | a town, a parish, a subdistrict and a district | Imperial |
| CARMARTHEN and CARDIGAN RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Carmarthen.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Llanllwch | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
| LLANLLWCH | a chapelry | Imperial |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Carmarthen within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. |
|---|---|---|
| William Camden | Rest of Wales | 6 |
| John Wesley | 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days | 6 |
| Gerald of Wales | Book I, Ch. 10: Carmarthen | 5 |
| Arthur Young | 1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands | 4 |
| George Borrow | Tom O' the Dingle | 2 |
| George Borrow | Llandovery | 2 |
| Gerald of Wales | Book II, Ch. 8: Conway | 2 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales | 2 |
| George Borrow | Machynlleth | 1 |
| Gerald of Wales | Book I, Ch. 6: Newport and Cardiff | 1 |
| Gerald of Wales | Book II, Ch. 10: Flintshire | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | Apr. 3 - Sept. 22, 1741: Bristol and S. Wales again | 1 |
| Thomas Pennant | Stone to Stafford | 1 |
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | 0 | 2 |
| Llanllwch | 0 | 2 |
| Pensarn | 0 | 1 |
| Newchurch | 0 | 2 |
| Merthyr | 0 | 2 |
| Llan Gain | 0 | 2 |
| Iddole | 0 | 2 |
| Llangynnwr | 0 | 3 |
| Abergwili | 1 | 2 |
| Llangynog | 0 | 2 |
| Llandyfaelog | 0 | 2 |
| Hengil | 0 | 2 |
| Rhyd Ar Gaeau | 0 | 2 |
| Aber Nant | 0 | 2 |
| Llanpumsaint | 0 | 2 |
| Iscoed | 0 | 4 |
| Meidrum | 0 | 3 |
| Ystrad | 0 | 2 |
| Llanybri | 0 | 2 |
| Llanfihangel Uwch Gwili | 0 | 1 |