Llandybïe, Carmarthenshire, Wales Genealogy

Wales Carmarthenshire  Carmarthenshire Parishes  Llandybie or Llandebie

History
LLANDEBIE (LLAN-DYBIEU), a parish in the union of LLANDILO-VAWR, hundred of ISCENNEN, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (S.) from Llandilo-Vawr. This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Tibieu, is pleasantly situated on the river Loughor, and on the great road from Llandilo to Swansea. The lands, of which the soil is wet and clayey, but yet fertile, are in general in a good state of cultivation, a small portion only being waste, and this consisting chiefly of the mountain of Mynydd-Mawr which is within the parish. The mountainous district abounds with coal and limestone, which are obtained in great quantities for the supply of the neighbouring districts, and the procuring of which affords employment to a large portion of the poorer inhabitants. A small woollen manufactory employs about a dozen hands; and there are five mills for grinding corn. The church is a neat plain structure, with a lofty square embattled tower. There are two places of worship for Independents, two for Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, and one each for Baptists and Wesleyans.Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849), pp. 511-524. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47845#s2 Adapted. Date accessed: 15 January 2014.

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