Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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A guide to genealogy in Cynwyl Elfed, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.

Cynwyl Elfed is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community also includes the villages of Blaenycoed and Cwmduad.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Carmarthenshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Carmarthenshire.

History
CONVIL, or CYNWYL, a parish, in the higher union of the hundred of ELVET, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 6 3/4 miles (N.N.W.) from Carmarthen, on the road to Newcastle. This is a place of great antiquity. Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VI., is supposed to have marched through it, on his way to meet Richard II. The small rivers Bala and Gwili run through this parish; the neighbouring district is comprised of deep dingles and dorsal hills, which converge in a point at this place. A fair is held on November 21st. the church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are two places of worship for Independents, and one each for Baptists and Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. There are various tumuli in the parish, within which also is a mineral spring, strongly impregnated with iron, and formerly held in considerable repute for its efficacy in the cure of certain diseases.

For more information on Cynwyl Elfed see Cynwyl Elfed at Genuki.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Cynwyl Elfed at Vision of Britain.