Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANBOIDY

LLANBOIDY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Narberth and county of Carmarthen. The village stands on an affluent of the river Taff, 5 miles NNE of Whitland r. station, and 9 NE of Narberth; and has a post office, under St. Clears, and a fair on 18 Sept. The parish is traversed by the Julian-way; is divided into L. Lower and L. Upper; and contains the hamlet of Rigwm, and the village of Whitland. Acres, 10,666. Rated property, £5,045. Pop., 1,744. Houses, 373. The property is much subdivided. Maes Gwynne is the seat of the Powell family. Iron is found, but is not much worked. Roman silver coins were found, in the time of Camden, at Cilymaenllwyd camp. A Druidical circle, 60 feet in diameter, a cromlech, and a barrow, are at Dôl Wilym. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £136. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is ancient; and was reported, in 1859, as not good. The p. curacy of St. David is a separate benefice. Value, £66. Patron, F. Bladworth, Esq. The church is very good.—The sub-district contains also another parish and parts of two others in Carmarthenshire, one in Pembrokeshire, and one partly in Carmarthen and partly in Pembroke. Acres, 26,655. Pop., 3,635. Houses, 796.


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

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Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanboidy CP/AP       Llanboidy SubD       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Llanboidy

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