Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Henllan or Henllan-Amgoed

History
"HÊNLLAN-AMGOED (HÊN-LLAN-AMGOED) a parish, in the union of NARBERTH, lower division of the hundred of DERLLYS, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 7 miles (W.N.W.) from St. Clear's, on the old road from Llanboidy to Narberth; containing, with the chapelry of Eglwys Vair a Chyrig, which supports its own poor, 438 inhabitants, of whom 150 are in the township. This parish, which is situated on the river Tâf, is more than three miles in length, and two in breadth, and is for the most part inclosed and cultivated. The living is a discharged rectory . . . There is a place of worship for Presbyterians. About 40 children of both sexes are instructed in a day school at the expense of their parents, and about 30 gratuitously at a Sunday school . . . The Rev. Nathaniel Rowlands, son of the celebrated Daniel Rowlands, of Llangeitho, was buried at this place; he was chaplain to the Duke of Gordon, and to Lady Huntingdon, and was one of the most popular preachers of his time." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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