Description
Llanfihangel Aberbythych, a parish in Carmarthenshire, on the river Towy, near Golden Grove station on the Central Wales and Carmarthen Junction branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 3 miles SW by W of Llandilo. It contains the hamlets of Llan, Berrach, Bryngwyn, Calliver, Cathargoed, Cathilas, Cilygernant, and Glynn, and its post town is Llandilo (R.S.O.) Acreage, 6149 ; population of the civil parish, 886 ; of the ecclesiastical, 832. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. Dryslwyn Castle, Dynevor Castle, Golden Grove, and Grongar Hill are in the neighbourhood. Good limestone is found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £225 with residence. Patron, Earl Cawdor. The church was restored by Sir Gilbert Scott.
Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carmarthenshire
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5

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