Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Cynwyl Elfed, Conwil-in-Elvet or Conwil-in-Wlfet

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: containing 1651 inhabitants. 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 III . . . 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..." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Conwil Elfed, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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