LLANFIHANGEL-ABERCOWIN, a village and a parish in the district and county of Carmarthen. The village stands on the river Taff, at the influx of the Cowyn, 2 miles N of Langharne, and 3 SSE of St. Clears r. station; is a considerable place; and has fairs on 12 May and 10 Oct. The parish contains also the village of Pentre; and its Post town is Laugharne, under St. Clears. Acres, 5,180. Real property, £6,555; of which £110 are in quarries. Pop., 893. Houses, 187. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Mydrim, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is toerable. Three rudely sculptured stones, called the Pilgrims' stones, are in the churchyard. There are chapels for Calvinistic Methodists and Wesleyans, and charities £10.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))