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Newchurch  Carmarthenshire

 

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

NEWCHURCH, a parish in the district and county of Carmarthen; on the Carmarthen and Cardigan railway, 3¼ miles N W of Carmarthen. It contains several hamlets, and is sometimes called Llan-Newydd. Post-town, Carmarthen. Acres, 4, 894. Real property, £3, 970. Pop. in 1851, 871; in 1861, 782. ...


Houses, 169. The decrease of pop. arose from the removal of labourersto the iron-manufacturing parts of Glamorgan. There are vestiges of a Roman camp; and a Roman inscribedstone was removed hence to Trawsmawr. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £96. Patron, John Davies, Esq. There is a parochial school.

Newchurch through time

Newchurch is now part of Carmarthenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carmarthenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newchurch itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8384

Date accessed: 30th October 2024


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