Caio, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

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History
CAYO, otherwise CYNWYL-GAIO, is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Carmarthenshire, Wales in the union of LLANDOVERY, higher division of the hundred of CAYO, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (N.W. by N.) from Llandovery. From the discovery of numerous relics of Roman antiquity, it was undoubtedly known to the Romans, and was probably occupied by them. According to tradition it not only took its name from a Roman called Caius, but a large town was erected here by that people, the houses of which, being chiefly of brick, obtained for it the name of Y Drêv gôch yn Neheubarth, or the "Red Town in South Wales. The rivers Cothy and Twrch unite in this parish, and the road from Llandovery to Lampeter passes through it. The church, dedicated to St. Cynwyl, is a spacious structure, in the early style of English architecture, with a square embattled tower. There were anciently chapels of ease at Court-y-Cadno, in the north-eastern part of the parish, at Henllan, at Landre, and at Pump Saint, of which there are no vestiges. There are two places of worship each for Baptists and Methodists, and one for Independents.

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Maps and Gazetteers

 * Caio at Vision of Britain.