Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Llanfihangel Iorath, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth

History
"LLANVIHANGEL-AR-ARTH, or YEROTH (LLAN-FIHANGEL-AR-ARTH), a parish, in the union of NEWCASTLE-EMLYN, higher division of the hundred of CATHINOG, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 12 miles (N. by E.) from Carmarthen; containing 1993 inhabitants. . . . The parish is pleasantly situated on the river Teivy, over which the turnpike-road is continued by means of a handsome stone bridge . . .The surrounding scenery is pleasantly diversified, and in some parts highly picturesque; and the soil, though varying in different parts, is in general fertile. . . The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is situated on an eminence on the southern bank of the Teivy . . . The chapel of Pencader has been in ruins for nearly a century, but the cemetery is still entire. There are places of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, Baptists, and Independents. D. Jones, Esq., pays a master £5 per annum for teaching poor children to read Welsh in a school for more than 120 children. . . Three other day schools are carried on, in which 80 boys and 35 girls are educated at the expense of their parents; and five Sunday schools. . ." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Llanfihangel Ar Arth, Carmarthenshire at genuki.org.uk

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