Llangynog, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Llangynog, Llangynnog or Llangunnock

History
"LLANGUNNOCK (LLAN-GYNOG), a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of DERLLYS, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (S.W. by S.) from Carmarthen; containing 800 inhabitants. . . It comprises about 5429 acres of good land, chiefly arable, and has been greatly improved since the year 1806 . . . the greater part of it being now in a good state of cultivation. The surrounding scenery, with few exceptions, is tame and uninteresting, though some of the distant views are picturesque and beautiful . . . The soil is poor, rocky, and barren, and the chief produce is oats and barley, with a little wheat. The manor of Penryn, which is co-extensive with the parish, contains an ancient family mansion called Cwm, situated in a well-wooded, romantic spot . . . The church, dedicated to St. Cynog, is a very plain edifice, consisting of two aisles . . . There are places of worship for Baptists and Independents. Here is a parochial school, on the common in the manor of Penryn, said to have been founded by Judge Vaughan, of Derllys. . . There is also a Sunday school, in which fifty males and females are taught gratuitously by the dissenters. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Llangynog, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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