Llandingat, Carmarthenshire

Description
Llandingat, a parish in Carmarthenshire, on the rivers firan and Towv, around the town and station of Llandovery. It contains the borough of Llandovery and the hamlets of Telych, Forest, and Ystrad. Post town, Llandovery (R.S.O.) Acreage, 8185 of land and 134 of water; population, 2216, of whom 1728 are in Llandovery borough. Velindre, Llewyn-y-Brain, Tonn, Ystrad, and Blaenos are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £275 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church stands in Llandovery, is a plain substantial edifice, with a Perpendicular tower. The church of St Mary, situated half a mile N of the town, on the site of a Roman station, was formerly the parish church of Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, but it is now a chapel of ease to Llandingat church, a new church having been built for the former parish. There are Baptist, Congregational, and Calvinistic Methodist chapels in Llandovery. There is a workhouse at Llandingat. See LLANDOVERY.