Llannon, Carmarthenshire

Description
Llannon, a parish in Carmarthenshire, under Mynydd Mawr (or the Great) Mountain, 4 1/4 miles NW of Pontardulais station on the G.W.R., and 6 NE of Llanelly. It has a post and money order office under Llanelly; telegraph office, Cross-hands. It contains, besides Llannon village, the colliery district of Tumble, and also most of Crosshands, another such district. Acreage, 11,389; population, 2104. There are fairs on 6 July and 12 Dec. Coal and ironstone are mined, and building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; net value, £148 with residence. The church is dedicated to St Non, and is good. There are Baptist, Congregational, and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.