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"LLANDISSILIO (LLAN-DYSILIO), a parish, in the union of NARBERTH, partly in the lower division of the hundred of DERLLYS, county of CARMARTHEN, and partly in that of DUNGLEDDY, county of PEMBROKE, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (N. by E.) from Narberth, on the road to Cardigan; containing 1060 inhabitants, of whom 643 are in the Carmarthen, and 417 in the Pembroke, portion. This parish, which derives its name from the dedication of its church . . . is about five miles in length, and four in breadth, and contains by admeasurement 6467 acres, of which two-thirds are in the Camarthen portion, and one third in that of Pembroke. The soil is of a very mixed kind and various qualities, being generally poor, but with some which is good and productive interspersed in particular situations: the mountainous parts afford indifferent pasture for the small sheep that appear to be aboriginal . . . the chief agricultural product is wheat, barley, and oats; and the prevailing timber is oak, ash, sycamore, and alder. . . There are two quarries producing an indifferent quality of slate, and two corn-mills . . ." [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]

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This page has data covering both parts of the parish of Llandissilio including that which was in Pembrokeshire, see above map

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Cemeteries

Monumental inscriptions for Rhydwilym Baptist Church, and for Blaenconin Baptist Chapel in this parish are available on microfiche from the Dyfed Family History Society.

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Census

The 1851 census for this parish has been indexed by Dyfed Family History Society.

Census Returns for this parish have the following LDS Call Numbers:

  • 1841 Census - 0464343
  • 1851 Census - 0104230
  • 1861 Census - 0543241
  • 1871 Census - 0850850
  • 1881 Census - 1342301
  • 1891 Census - 6099632
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Church History

Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants. The list includes both CMN and PEM entries

  • Llandisilio Parish Church Thomas Harries, Vicar
  • Blaenconyn Baptist Erected in 1844 "There is a day school in the Chapel.................." Owen Griffiths, Baptist Minister
  • Pisgah, village Ind Erected in 1825 Samuel Evans, Secretary
  • Rhydwilym Particular Baptist Erected in 1701 Henry Price, Minister

Parish entry for Llandyssilio with Egremont from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books).

  • St Tyssilio & St Michael (Egremont)
  • Incumbent and Curates; E A Davies
  • Rural Deanery of St Clears
  • Acreage 6,505 & 1,015 ; Population 708 & 108

    Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

    • Church, Llandysilio (Penf)
    • BLAENCONIN WELSH BAPTIST CHURCH, LLANDISSILIO
    • Photograph showing a general view of Pisgah Independent Chapel. Llandyssilio, taken by Robert Scourfield, 1995.

    Griffiths, G. Milwyn. A Visitation of the Archdeaconry of Carmarthen, 1710 National Library of Wales journal. 1974, Summer Vol XVIII/3. Includes the parish of Llan Dyssilio

      Absalom, J. and Williams, E.L. Rhamant Rhydwilym, Llandysul, Gwasg Gomer (1939) 77 p., [13] leaves of plates, ill. [Rhydwilym Baptist Chapel History]

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      Church Records

      See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg (under Pem)

      Dyfed FHS have photographs and data relating to various churches and chapels on their site

      Parish registers: Christenings, Marriages and Burials (1720-50) are at the National Library of Wales.

      Parish registers: Christenings (1751-1812), Marriages (1783-1969) and Burials (1751-1948), and Facsimile Christenings, Marriages and Burials (1720-50) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.

      Microfiche Parish registers: Christenings and Burials (1720-96) and Marriages (1720-53, 1837-1969) are at the Pembrokeshire Record Office.

      Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1671-2, 1677-9, 1681-2, 1684-7, 1689-90, 1693-5, 1697-9, 1707, 1715, 1717, 1719-22, 1724-54, 1756-90, 1792-4, 1796, 1798, 1802-36, 1841-3, 1847-8, 1850-4, 1863-70, 1875-6) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

      Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 10 - Dungleddy Hundred (Pemrokeshire) (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989).

      Nonconformist Chapels:

      • Rhydwilym (Baptist, c1667): births and baptisms (1667-1823) NLW Ms 127, LDS 105102; transcr. of register NLW Ms 45580

      Nonconformist Chapels: [ in both parts of the parish]

      • Blaenconyn, at Blaenconyn farm, Pembrokeshire [Baptists, 1844] . Records ; 1. A volume containing subscriptions towards building Blaenconyn Chapel, 1844, at NLW Ms 12042C. 2. A petition by 90 members from Ffynnon Baptist Church to incorporate Blaenconyn, 1846, at NLW Ms 12041C. 3. See Ffynnon and Rhydwilym On Dyfed FHS
      • Pisgah, in Llandysilio village, Pembrokeshire [Independents, 1826]. Records ; Births and bapts, 1828-37, at PRO RG4/2489, and have been microfilmed by the LD, Call Number ; 813551, IGI. On Dyfed FHS Shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006)
        Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Feb 2009)
      • Tabernacl Methodist Chapel, Clunderwen -  was built in 1906 by architect W Harlson of London. The chapel is built of corrugated iron in the Simple Gothic style and with a gable-entry plan.  coflein
      • Bryndysilio (ruin), near Llandysilio village, Pembrokeshire On Dyfed FHS Bryndissil Private Chapel SN11722207 Built 1860 Ruin Coflein

      Dyfed FHS have published a series of indexes of baptisms, marriages and burials from Pembrokeshire hundreds for various periods.

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      Description & Travel

      The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., byJones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. These statistics for this parish are extracted from this book which in turn got them from the 1851 census itself;

      • Part in Carmarthenshire; Area 4719 acres; Population 278 males, 292 females, total 570
      • Part in Pembrokeshire; Area 1748 acres; Population 183 males, 240 females, total 423
        You can see pictures of Llandissilio which are provided by:

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        Gazetteers

        The transcription of the section for Llandissilio from The National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

        Transcript of complete entry in Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales of 1833.

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        Genealogy

        James, David. EVANS of Llandissilio. Dyfed FHS journal, Vol 7/75. Discovering more about the inhabitants, of Cwm Isaf farm, from the census and a life insurance policy
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        History

        Lewis, T.E., Jones, J.T. and Lewis, H. Local heritage from Efailwen to Whitland: comprising the history of the parishes of Climaenllwyd, Hellanfallteg, Llanboidy, Llandysilio, Llanddewi Velfrey, Whitland (2 vols), Clunderwen, The Author (1976) [ISBN: 0902126059 (v. 2)] p.

        Lloyd, Sir John E., (Ed.). A History of Carmarthenshire (2 vols.), Cardiff, London Carmarthenshire Society (1935, 1939). Extracts from this book can be accessed on some parish pages, see here for this parish

        Michael, D J. Hanes Blaenconyn [History of Blaenconyn]. Llandysul, 1956.

        You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN130237 (Lat/Lon: 51.88084, -4.718542), Llandissilio which are provided by:

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        Names, Geographical

        Places, villages, farms etc within Llandissilio as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Katherine Hocking)

        • Llandissilio East (49 - the part in CMN)); Allt y piscyll, Blaen afon, Blaen aeron, Ciliau fawr, Ciliau isaf, Ciliau uchaf, Clyn derwyn, Clyn gwyn, Dyffryn cae, Dyffryn cae rhyg, Dyffryn Trogyn, Dyffryn-waf, Elwyn yr-ebol, Ford, Gilfach ddofn, Glandy, Llwyn-dwfr, Llwyn yr-ebol, Maes-y-dderwen, Plas-y-bedw, Pont Glandy, Portisbach, Rhos y-gwydin, Rhyd-wen Cwrt, Rhyd-y-moch, Ty hen, Ynys
        • Llandissilio West (119 - the part in PEM); Big, Bryn aeron, Bush Farm, Castell gwyn, Crug-y-deri, Ford, Hendre, Inn, Lan, Llandissilio, Marle.