In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llandyfaelog like this:
LLANDEFEILOG, or LLANDYVEILOG, a village and a parish in the district and county of Carmarthen. The village stands between the rivers Gwendraethfach and Towy, near the South Wales railway, 3 miles NE of Ferryside r. station, and 5½ S of Carmarthen; and has a post office under Kidwelly.—The parish contains the l hamlets of Cilmarch, Ishcoed, Cloygin, Cydplwydd, Iddole, Moelfre, and Scybor-fawr; and the last includes Llandefeilog village. ...
Acres, 7,320. Rated property, £5,263. Pop., 1,247. Houses, 240. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the dio cese of St. David's. Value, £68. Patron, Miss Bull. Charities, £4.
Llandyfaelog through time
Llandyfaelog is now part of Carmarthenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carmarthenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llandyfaelog itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llandyfaelog in Carmarthenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2041
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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