Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANBADARN-ODWYN

LLANBADARN-ODWYN, a parish in Tregaron district, Cardigan; on the river Ayron, and on the SarnHelen way, 3 miles W by N of Tregaron r. station. Posttown, Tregaron, under Carmarthen. Acres, 4,425. Real property, £1,735. Pop., 527. Houses, 107. The suffix Odwyn, in the name of the parish, signifies ' ' very white,'' and alludes to the appearance of the church on a high bleak eminence, which commands an extensive view along the valley of the Ayron. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Llanddewi-Brefi, in the diocese of St. David's. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel. .


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanbadarn Odwyn AP/CP       Cardiganshire AncC
Place: Llanbadarn Odwyn

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