Place:


Llangennech  Carmarthenshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llangennech like this:

LLANGENNECH, a parish in Llanelly district, Carmarthen; on the river Loughor, and on the Llanelly and Vale of Towy railway, 4½ miles NE by N of Llanelly. It has a station on the railway; and its Post town is Llanelly. Acres, 2,394; of which 50 are water. Real property, £2,463. Pop., 923. ...


Houses, 182. The property is divided among a few. Llangennech Park belonged to the Stepneys, passed to the Tunnos, and belongs now to W. H. Nevill, Esq. Good coal is exported. The Lougbor here is a sluggish and mudbanked stream. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £82. Patron, E. R. Tunno, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Gwynog, and is very good.

Llangennech through time

Llangennech is now part of Carmarthenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carmarthenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llangennech itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llangennech in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6387

Date accessed: 19th March 2024


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