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LLANSADWRN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Llandovery district, Carmarthen. The village stands on a branch of the river Towy, 2½ miles N by W of Llangadock r. station, and 5½ SW of Llandovery; is a considerable place; and has fairs on 13 Aug. and 29 Oct. The parish comprises 7,064 acres; and its posttown is Llangadock, under Carmarthen. Real property, £5,074. Pop., 1,099. Houses, 239. The property is subdivided. Abermarlias is the seat of Lady L. Foley, and occupies the site of the seat of Rhys ab Thomas. The land is hilly. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Llanwrda, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £165.* Patron, Lady L. Foley. The church is good. There are an alms house for four maiden gentlewomen, and a free school, both of them founded and endowed, in 1731, by Lady L. Cornwallis; and these and other charities have £319 a year.—The sub-district contains also the parish of Llanwrda. Acres, 11,505. Pop., 1,710. Houses, 358.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llansadwrn AP/CP Llansadwrn SubD Llandovery RegD/PLU Carmarthenshire AncC |
| Place: | Llansadwrn |
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