Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDYFEISANT

LLANDYFEISANT, a parish in Llandilo-fawr district, Carmarthen; on the river Towy, 1 mile W of Llandilo-fawr r. station. Post town, Llandilo-fawr, under Carmarthen. Acres, 1,551. Real property, £1,947. Pop., 258. Houses, 51. The surface shares in the interest of Dynevor Park. A spring, called Nant-y-Rheibis, or the charmed fountain, ebbs and flows twice aday. Roman coins have been found. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, not reported. Patron, Earl Cawdor. The church is said to occupy the site of a Roman temple.


(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: Llandyfeisant AP/CP       Llandilo Fawr RegD/PLU       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Llandyfeisant

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