Llandefeilog, Carmarthenshire

Historical Description

Llandefeilog, a village and a parish in Carmarthenshire. The village stands between the rivers Gwendraethfach and Towy, 3 miles NE of Ferryside station on the G.W.R., 4 N of Kidwelly, and 5¼ S of Carmarthen, and has a post office under Kidwelly; money order and telegraph office, Kidwelly. The parish contains the hamlets of Cilmarch, Ishcoed, Cloy-gin, Cydplwydd, Iddole, Molfre, and Scybor-fawr, and the last includes Llandefeilog village. Acreage, 8129, with 216 of tidal water and foreshore; population, 1098. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £239 with residence. The church is dedicated to St Maelog. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandefeilog from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Carmarthen Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llandefeilog from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Carmarthen Registration District.

Land and Property

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

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