PENCARREG, a parish and a sub-district in the district of Lampeter and county of Carmarthen. The parish lies on the river Teifi, at the boundary with Cardigan, near Llanybyther r. station, and 4 miles S W by W of Lampeter. Post-town, Llanybyther, under Carmarthen. Acres, 10, 392. Real property, £3, 705. Pop., 1, 208. Houses, 268. The property is subdivided. Mynydd-Pencarreg occupies a large area in the W. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £126. Patron, P. Pryse, Esq. The church is good.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes. Acres, 22, 231. Pop., 2, 878. Houses, 637.

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