In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hiraeth like this:

HYRETH, a village in Llanfallteg parish, Carmarthen; near the boundary with Pembroke, 4¼ miles NE of Narberth.

Hiraeth through time

Hiraeth is now part of CARMARTHENSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how CARMARTHENSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hiraeth itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hiraeth in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26385

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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