Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whitland

Whitland, vil. with ry. sta., Llanboidy par., Carmarthenshire, on W. border of co., 6 miles NE. of Narberth and 14 miles W. of Carmarthen; P.O., T.O.; adjoining to the vil. is the seat of Whitland Abbey, occupying site of priory of 12th century.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanboidy CP/AP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Whitland

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