Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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

For other places with a similar name see Henllan

Henllan Amgoed is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is in the community of Henllan Fallteg.

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.

History
In 1844: "HÊNLLAN-AMGOED (HÊN-LLAN-AMGOED) a parish, in the union of NARBERTH, lower division of the hundred of DERLLYS, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 7 miles (W.N.W.) from St. Clear's, on the old road from Llanboidy to Narberth; containing, with the chapelry of Eglwys Vair a Chyrig, which supports its own poor, 438 inhabitants, of whom 150 are in the township. This parish, which is situated on the river Tâf, is more than three miles in length, and two in breadth, and is for the most part inclosed and cultivated. The living is a discharged rectory ... There is a place of worship for Presbyterians. About 40 children of both sexes are instructed in a day school at the expense of their parents, and about 30 gratuitously at a Sunday school ... The Rev. Nathaniel Rowlands, son of the celebrated Daniel Rowlands, of Llangeitho, was buried at this place; he was chaplain to the Duke of Gordon, and to Lady Huntingdon, and was one of the most popular preachers of his time."

For more information on Henllan see Henllan at Genuki.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Henllan Amgoed at Vision of Britain.