Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Pencarreg

History
"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. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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