England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Llandilo St Teilo

The Parish

The parish of Llandilo lies in eastern Pembrokeshire roughly 11 miles north of the market town of Narberth. Llandilo is located roughly 2 miles east of the B4313 road which connects Narberth through to the port of Fishguard. Llandilo has always been a tiny place, a dispersed settlement with only a hamlet marking its small village. Llandilo sits at the foot of the Preseli mountains and the parish was elongated on a north to south axis taking in a selection of the land forms available in the area. In consequence the economy was surprisingly varied, arable farming in the lower areas, pastoral farming on higher ground and extractive industry quarrying the local slate for building stone. Llandilo is drained southwards by a small tributary of the Eastern Cleddau which heads into the Irish Sea through the port of Pembroke. Llandilo is sited at around 150 metres above the sea in hill country which rises onto the nearby Preseli's reaching 467 metres on nearby Foel Feddau. Llandilo parish was one of the smallest in the area, covering only 300 acres it would have supported a population of around 100 parishioners. Like most of Wales Llandilo is not mentioned in Domesday Book which did not cover this area.

The Church

Sadly St Teilo's church is no more a mere pile of stones within the former churchyard. The church stood roughly 300 metres south of the lane connecting Maenclochog with Llangolman and south of the temple Druid complex. The church was a near ruin by the time of the end of this transcript and unlike many did not attract the Victorian restorers.