In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llandysilio like this:
LLANDISSILIO, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Narberth; part of the parish in Carmarthenshire, and part in Pembrokeshire. I he village stands on the river Cleddau, at the boundary between the counties, 1¾ mile N of Narberth-Road r. station, and 4¼ N of Narberth; and has a post office under Narberth. ...
The parish comprises 4,719 acres in Carmarthenshire, and 1,748 in Pembrokeshire. Real property, £4,985. Pop. of theportion, 630; of the P. portion, 406. Houses, 120 and 95. The property is subdivided. A Druidical circle is at Llwynyebol; and ancient camps are at Portispark and Casgwyn. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Valne, £144. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church has an ancient inscription, exhumed in 1827; and was reported in 1859 as not good.—The sub-district contains also another parish in Carmarthenshire, and eight other parishes and part of another in Pembrokeshire. Acres, 25,686. Pop., 3,340. Houses, 701.
Llandysilio through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llandysilio, in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4450
Date accessed: 02nd November 2024
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