In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eglwysfair A Churig like this:
EGLWYS-FAIR-A-CHYRIG, a chapelry in Henllan-Amgoed parish, Carmarthen; at the verge of the county, on the river Taf, 7½ miles N of Whitland r. station, and 9½ NW of St. Clears. Post town, Whitland, under Narberth. Acres, 2, 618. Rated property, £937. Pop., 268. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Henllan-Amgoed, in the diocese of St. Davids. The church is good.
Eglwysfair A Churig through time
Eglwysfair A Churig is now part of Carmarthenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carmarthenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eglwysfair A Churig itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eglwysfair A Churig in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11005
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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