Llanycrwys, Carmarthenshire

Historical Description

Llanycrwys, a parish in Carmarthenshire, on the river Twrch and the Sam Helen Way, under Graig Twrch, at the boundary with Caigo and Gillaii, 6 miles E by S of Lampetcr. It contains the hamlets of Fforest and Mynachty, and its post town is Llanwrda (R.S.O.) Acreage, 336G; population, 364. The surface is hilly. The church is in the diocese of St David's.

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 Llanycrwys from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Lampeter Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llanycrwys from 1935 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.

Maps

Online maps of Llanycrwys 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