Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire

Description
Llanegwad, a village and a parish in Carmarthenshire, on the river Towy, at the influx of the Cothi, 1 mile NW of Llanarthney station on the G.W.R., and 8 miles Why S of Llandilo. There is a post office under Nantgaredig (R.S.O); money order and telegraph office, Nantgaredig. The parish comprises 12,360 acres of land and 94 of water; population, 1508. Copper ore is found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; net value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church is dedicated to St Egwad, and is good. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.