Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CILYCWM, or Kilycwm

CILYCWM, or Kilycwm, a parish and a sub-district in Llandovery district, Carmarthen. The parish lies on the river Towy, and the Central Wales railway, 4¼ miles N of Llandovery. Post town, Llandovery, under Carmarthen. Acres, 17, 300. Real property, £5, 156. Pop., 1, 380. Houses, 282. The property is subdivided. About 210 hands are employed in lead-mining at Rhan-dirmwym. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £94. Patron, T. H. Gwynne, Esq. The church is very good. Charities, £5. The sub-district is conterminate with the parish.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cil Y Cwm AP/CP       Cilycwm SubD       Llandovery RegD/PLU       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place names: CILYCWM     |     CILYCWM OR KILYCWM     |     KILYCWM
Place: Cil Y Cwm

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