Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANSADWRNEN

LLANSADWRNEN, a parish in the district and county of Carmarthen; on Carmarthen bay, 1½ mile SW of Laugharne, and 5 S by E of St. Clears r. station. Post town, Laugharne, under St. Clears. Acres, 1,644; of which 150 are water. Real property, £1.265. Pop., 194. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Limestone is worked. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Laugharne, in the diocese of St. David's. The church was rebuilt in 1861; is in the decorated English style; and consists of nave and chancel, with vestry and tower. Judge Powell, who tried the seven bishops, resided at Broadway, now a ruin.


(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: Llansadurnen CP/AP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Llansadurnen

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