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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Lampeter Velfrey contained the following places:
"LAMPETER VELFREY, a parish in the hundred of Narberth, county Pembroke, 3 miles E. of Narberth, its post town. The parish, which extends 6 miles by 3, is very fertile. A portion of the inhabitants are employed in the limestone quarries, which are extensively worked. In a quarry at Robeston many interesting fossils belonging to the Silurian strata are found. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of St. David's, value £409, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. David, and contains tombs of the Philippses of Lampeter House. At Blaengwyddno farm is the grange of a hospital, or yspythy, to Whitland Abbey."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018