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The ParishThe parish of Llanfihangel Aberbythych lies in south-central Carmarthenshire about 3 miles west of the small market town of Llandeilo. Llanfihangel Aberbythych is a rural and dispersed community with no real village as such, indeed the parish name does not appear on modern Ordnance Survey maps with the location of the church being shown as "Golden Grove", after the seat of the local Vaughan & Cawdor families. Golden Grove sits around a mile north of the A476 which connects Llandeilo with Llanelli. Much of the parish consists of the flood-plain of the Afon Tywi together with the rising ground to its south, as such the local economy would have been underpinned by pastoral farming. The area also abounds in limestone which was quarried for burning and spreading to improve the quality of the land. The Afon Tywi drains the parish westwards and then south, through Carmarthen, to reach the outer Bristol Channel through the Tywi Estuary. Golden Grove is sited at around 70 metres above the sea, the countryside is rolling hilly country, local heights rise within a couple of miles to almost 250 metres whilst to the east looms The Black Mountain topping out at over 600 metres. Like many interior Carmarthenshire parishes Llanfihangel Aberbythych parish was extensive, covering over 6,000 acres it would have supported a population of close to 950 parishioners. Like most of Wales Llanfihangel Aberbythych is not mentioned in Domesday Book which did not cover this area. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 7th November 1755 - 9th December 1812 | Carmarthenshire Archives - Reference - CPR/20/5 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 1st January 1813 - 30th June 1837 | Carmarthenshire Archives - Reference - CPR/20/6 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Llangathen
St Cathan
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Llangathen
St Cathan
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Llandyfeisant
St Tyfel
Llandilo-Fawr St Teilo |
Llandilo-Fawr
St Teilo
Llandybie St Tybie |
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Llandybie
St Tybie
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Llandybie
St Tybie
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