Derwydd, Carmarthenshire

Historical Description

Derwydd, a hamlet in Llandebie parish, Carmarthenshire, on the river Cennen, 4 miles S of Llandeilo-fawr. Derwydd Road station on the G.W.R. is east of the hamlet. Derwydd House belonged to Sir Harry Vaughan, who commanded in the army of Charles I.; belonged afterwards to the Stepneys; and contains some furniture of the time of Henry VIII.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carmarthenshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Derwydd are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• Carmarthen Weekly Reporter