Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YSPYTTY-YSTWITH

YSPYTTY-YSTWITH, a parish in Tregaron district, Cardigan; 7½ miles NNE of Tregaron r. station. Post town, Tregaron, under Carmarthen. Acres, 5,544. The real property appears to be included in the return for Yspytty-Ystrad-Meiric. Pop. in 1851, 1,718; in 1861, 743. Houses, 178. Much of the land is moor and mountain; and lead is extensively mined. An ancient hospitium was here. Fairs are held on Whit-Thursday and 2 and 26 Aug. The living is a vicarage, united with Y.-Ystrad-Meiric, in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £86. Patron, the Earl of Lisburne.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tregaron RegD/PLU       Cardiganshire AncC
Place: Ysbyty Ystwyth

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