Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Llanybydder or Llanybyther

History
"LLANYBYTHER (LLAN-Y-BYDDAR), a parish, in the union of LAMPETER, higher division of the hundred of CATHYNOG, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 5 1/2 miles (S.W.) from Lampeter; comprising the northern and southern divisions, and containing 1120 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Lampeter-Pont-Stephen to Carmarthen, and on the border of the county . . . The parish is extensive, comprising nearly ten thousand acres, of which about two thousand are uninclosed, and containing a great variety of soil and surface . . . the prevailing kinds of timber are fir and young oak, and the chief agricultural produce oats and barley. . . The village of Llanybyther is situated on the banks of the river Teivy . . . the parish also contains the village of Glanduar and that of Abergorlech . . . The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has recently undergone thorough repair . . . There is also a chapel at Abergorlech. . . There are two places of worship for Independents, and one each for Baptists and Methodists. About 55 children of both sexes are instructed at the expense of their parents, in two day schools, one of which has a lending library attached, furnished by the Hon. Mrs. Evans. There are also four Sunday schools, one of which consisting of 105 males and females, appertains to Baptists. . . two others are connected with Independents, and one with Calvinistic Methodists, and together contain 250 males and females. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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