Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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

Myddfai 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.

The redundant spelling of Mothvey can be seen in some older documents.

History
In 1844: "MOTHVEY (MYDDFAI), a parish, comprising the Upper and Lower divisions, in the union of LLANDOVERY, higher division of the hundred of PERVERTH, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 3 miles (S.) from Llandovery; containing 1073 inhabitants, of which number 476 are in the Upper, and 597 in the Lower, division... The surface is boldly undulated, and in some parts hilly and even mountainous; the lands, with the exception of a considerable portion of rocky and sterile ground, are inclosed and in a high state of cultivation ... The luxuriant richness of the vales is finely contrasted with the rugged barrenness of the mountains; and the numerous rivers that flow through the lower grounds add greatly to the beauty of the scenery... A small woollen manufacture is carried on; and there are two king's mills in the parish, Kilgwyn and Brân, each of which pays a chief-rent of £2 to the lord of the manor, to whom also is paid a fee of ten shillings on the marriage of every freeholder, in lieu of the feudal custom of a first night's lodging with the bride ... The church, dedicated to St. Michael ... is an ancient structure, situated in a vale at the foot of the mountainous district ... adorned with many handsome monuments and tablets... There are two places of worship for Independents, and one for Calvinistic Methodists... During the thirteenth century this place was much frequented by physicians, among whom was Rhiwallon ... tradition affirms that his descendants continued to follow the practice of medecine in the parish till within the memory of persons living at the beginning of this century."

For more information on Myddfai see Myddfai at Genuki.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * at Vision of Britain.