Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANFAIR-ORLLWYN

LLANFAIR-ORLLWYN, a parish in Newcastle-in-Emlyn district, Cardigan; on the river Teifi at the boundary with Carmarthenshire, 4 miles E by N of Newcastle-Emlyn r. station. Post town, Newcastle-Emlyn, under Carmarthen. Acres, 1,744. Real property, £1,168. Pop., 427. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £155. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanfairorllwyn Parish       Newcastle in Emlyn Poor Law Union/Registration District       Cardiganshire Ancient County
Place: Llanfairorllwyn

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