Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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

Pencarreg is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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
In 1844: "PENCARREG (PEN-CAREG), a parish, in the union of LAMPETER, higher division of the hundred of CATHINOG, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (S.W.) from Lampeter; containing 1187 inhabitants. It forms a pleasing and well-wooded tract on the Teivy, and is intersected by the road from Lampeter to Carmarthen; a lofty mountain, called Pencarreg, extends across it on the south. The village is situated on the left bank of the river; a fair is held in it on October 11th... The church, dedicated to St. Patrick, is a small structure of no architectural pretensions. There are places of worship for Presbyterians and Baptists. In the winter and spring there are generally two day schools, containing about 60 children; and in the summer and autumn the parishioners assemble on Sundays to give instruction in reading &amp;c., to such as require it... "

For more information on Pencarreg see Pencarreg at Genuki.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Pencarreg at Vision of Britain.