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The present parish church dates from the 12th century, with alterations and improvements in the ensuing centuries, and is dedicated to St Meilyr, a 6th-century Celtic saint. Llys-y-frân was originally a chapelry ; in the 16th century it was controlled by various landowners in the district, but it does appear ( Llisvrayne ) as a parish on a ...
Meline (as Malenay) appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. [2] The parish was in the ancient Hundred of Cemais and in 1833 was described as including some ancient mansions as well as prehistoric features. [3] In 1835 the parish had a population of 492 of which 30 or 40 attended Sunday School in the summer months. [4]
The Archdiocese of Cardiff includes 78 churches including Cardiff cathedral. 70 of these churches are in south east Wales and 8 churches in Herefordshire, England. [6] The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales is a permanent assembly of Catholic Bishops and Personal Ordinaries in the two member countries of Wales and England. [7]
Whitchurch was a chapelry in the parish of St David's before becoming a parish in its own right. [3] It is marked on a 1578 parish map held by the British Library. [4] A later, but pre-1850 parish map shows the extensive parish including several smaller settlements, including the village of Solva, in which there were numerous chapels. [5]
A map of 1578 shows the parish as Castle Male, presumably a phonetic spelling of the Welsh name by the English mapmaker. [5] Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of 1844 gives 326 inhabitants (the 1849 edition gives 255) [6] for the parish, which includes the village and a number of outlying residences and farms.
Nolton is a village and parish on the coast of St Brides Bay, 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Haverfordwest.The name was originally old-tun and the dedication of the church to St Madoc suggests that the place was a pre-existing Welsh settlement appropriated by English immigrants around the time of the Norman conquest.
The parish is small, just 525 acres (212 ha), [4] and rural. [5] There were 109 inhabitants in the 1830s. [1] The population in 1870 was 106, in 24 houses. In 1961, the population was 69. [4] The parish subsequently came under the Church in Wales parish of Narberth and Tenby. [6]
Eglwyscummin (Welsh: Eglwys Gymyn) is a community situated on the south-western boundary of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales.It is made up of the three ward parishes of Ciffig, Eglwyscummin, and Marros, all surrounding the village of Red Roses, which lies some three miles south of Whitland and forms part of the Laugharne Township electoral ward.
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