In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanwrda like this:
LLANWRDA, a village and a parish in Llandovery district, Carmarthen. The village stands near the Central Wales railway, 4¼ miles SW of Llandovery; and has a post office under Carmarthen, and a r. station. The parish comprises 4,441 acres. Real property, £3,120. Pop., 611. Houses, 118. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llansadwrn, in the diocese of St. David's. The church was recently in disrepair. The parish shares in the charities of Llansadwrn.
Llanwrda through time
For the best overall sense of how the area containing Llanwrda has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Carmarthenshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Historical units & statistics for administrative units named after or covering Llanwrda.
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