LLANDILO-ABERCOWIN, a parish in the district and county of Carmarthen; at the influx of the river Cywyn to the Taff, 4 miles SE by S of St. Clears r. station, and 8 SW of Carmarthen. Post town, St. Clears, Acres, 922; of which 40 are water. Real property, £690. Pop., 77. Houses, 16. The property is divided among a few. An hospital for pilgrims stood near the church, and has left some remains. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £70. Patron, J. G. Hughes, Esq. The church was reported in 1859 as not good.

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