Egremont, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes Egremont

History
"EGERMONT, otherwise EGREMONT, a parish, in the union of NARBERTH, lower division of the hundred of DERLLYS, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 5 mile (N. by W.) from Narberth; containing 140 inhabitants. This parish, which borders on the county of Pembroke, and is pleasantly situated on the eastern branch of the river Cleddau, is about two miles and a half in length, and, in the widest part, about two miles in breadth; the surrounding scenery, though pleasantly varied, is not distinguished by any particularity of feature. Stone of very good quality for building is found, and some quarries are worked. . . The church, dedicated to St. Michael, was rebuilt in 1839, in a plain, but neat style, partly by means of a grant of £40 from the Incorporated Society. There are some vestiges of an ancient encampment on an elevation above the church; and a stone, with an inscription in very rude characters, WANTACUS, witth a cross heading; it was found in the churchyard, and is now in the western pew-end of the church. The word MANTACUS above, and the Latin word "Agger", a head of stones or earth, appicable to the ancient encampment, may account for the etymology of "Egger-mount." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).] For more information see Egremont, Carmarthenshire at geunki.org.uk

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