Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILRHEDIN, or CILRHEDYN

KILRHEDIN, or CILRHEDYN, a parish in the district of Newcastle-in-Emlyn, and counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen; on the river Cuch, 5¼ miles SSW of Newcastle-Emlyn r. station. It contains the villages of Capel-Evan, Pentych, Cwmcych, Cwmforgan, and Blananllyn; and its post town is Newcastle-Emlyn, under Carmarthen. Acres of the Pembroke portion, 2, 183. Real property, £946. Pop., 249. Houses, 47. Acres, of the Carmarthen portion, 5, 673. Real property, £2, 243. Pop., 825. Houses, 184. Kilrhedin Castle is now a ruin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Valne, £378.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1863, at a cost of about £1, 100; and is in the decorated English style, of local stone, with Bath stone dressings. The churchyard contains a monumental stone with Ogham inscription.


(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: East Cilrhedyn CP       Carmarthenshire AncC       Pembrokeshire AncC
Place names: CILRHEDYN     |     KILRHEDIN     |     KILRHEDIN OR CILRHEDYN
Place: Cilrhedyn

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