Abergwili

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

• Abergwili Parish Church
  " I cannot make these returns without expressing my decided conviction that no reliance whatever can be placed in the accuracy of the returns made in great many instances and stating my opinion that to publish them would not only tend to lead people to most erroneous conclusions. To ensure accuracy at any future time, two conditions are absolutely necessary. The condition is that the enumeration be entrusted to disinterested persons. This would prevent wilful exaggeration of which I could give shameful specimens in dissenting localities, as published in Welsh Periodicals.
  The other condition referred to is that the day on which the enumeration is to take place be not made known beforehand. This could do away with the unseemly and irreligious plan of persons leagued together to run from Chapel to Chapel on a particular day for the special object of cramming different Chapels. By this plan, which has been put into operation by dissenting bodies before the 30th instant, when they have been making returns to answer their own purposes, the same person is made to represent three or four different persons according to the number of chapels he has attended on a particular Sunday and in this manner the numbers of dissenters are unduly multiplied." Enoch Pugh. Vicar.
• Llanfihangel-Uwch-Gwili Chapel of Ease Without a District Assigned to it [contains comments in the same vein as above] Enoch Pugh, Incumbent
• St David's Church, (Carmarthen) Consecrated in 1842 D A Williams, Incumbent, Picton Terrace

• Ebenezer Ind Erected in 1815 David Thomas, Deacon
• Nantgaredig CM Erected in 1765 William Thomas, Deacon, Tynewydd, Llangwad     (See under Llanegwad)
• Glanyranell, White Mill Baptist Erected in 1835 David Griffiths, Deacon, Capeldewilsha, Llanarthney
• Pantteg Ind David Davis, Minister
• Salem CM Erected before 1800 Edward Edwards, One of the Deacons, Pantyglien Farm, Abergwilly
• Nebo, Penyrheol Ind Erected in 1840 Enoch Davies, Deacon, Penllwynionwg, Abergwilly
• Peniel Ind Erected in 1809 David Davies, Minister, Pantteg

Parish entry for Abergwili with Llanfihangel-Uwch-Gwili from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by (Archive CD Books).

• St David & St Michael (Llanfihangel-Uwch-Gwili)
• Incumbent and Curates; D Jenkins (D J Davies)
• Rural Deanery of Carmarthen
• Acreage 8,395 ; Population 1,528

• Salem (Baptist, c1824) On Dyfed FHS as Salem, Felinwen Baptist

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• Salem (Calvinist, 1799), Pantgwyn Births and baptisms (1814-37) at PRO (LDS Film no 828108) On Dyfed FHS Salem Pantgwyn, White Mill, Carmarthen CM chapel - still open in 2006
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• Ebenezer (Independent, 1829), Abergwili village. On Dyfed FHS it is shown as a Baptist (Independent) chapel. As Welsh Ind on Coflein at SN43742110 .   Status (2000):Chapel." 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 Gareth Hicks (Oct 2008)
• Pant-teg (Independent, 1669), Llygadcatty On Dyfed FHS Pant-teg Ind chapel (no parish) 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 Gareth Hicks (Oct 2008)
• Penuel (Independent, 1809) - with Pantteg records Sited at Rhydraw Farm On Dyfed FHS Peniel Ind chapel (no parish) 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 Gareth Hicks (Oct 2008)

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;

• Area 10748 acres; Population 1121 males, 1204 females, total 2325

Places, villages, farms etc within Abergwili parish 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 Mary Greatorex)

• Abergwili (33): Aber-dauddwr, Abergwili, Allt-y-gog, Bishop's Palace, Black Bush, Blaen-cwm, Bryngwyn, Bryn-Myrddin, Capel Gwyn, Careg-llys, carn, Castell-pigyn, Cefn-henllan, Cwm, Cwm-Gwili, Cwm-rhapant, Cwm-rheiddol, Dol-Gwili, Fachrhos, Felin, Felin Gelli, Gilvach-y-rhiw, Glan-Towy, Glan-Towy-lan, Hendre-hedog, Hengil-isaf, Inn, Lan, Llanfihangel-uwch-Gwili, March-Olws, Merlin's Hill, mills, Mynydd Ystefflan, Nant Felus, Nant Pen-y-crwys, Pan-teg, Pant-y-glien, Pen-tref-ynys, Pen-y-banc, Pen-y-bryn, Pen-y-bwlch-isaf, Pen-y-crwys, Pen-y-graig, Pen-yr-allt stn, Rhiw-sywyll, Rhyd-y-fwyalchen, River Towy, R. Wyth, Sarnau, Sarn Helen, Tref-ynys, Ty-newydd, weir, Wenallt, Wern-drefi.
• Abergwili (33) detached: Afon Gwili, Bettws, Bryn-cenau, Bwlch-gwyn, Conwil Station, Cwm-dwfn, Ffos-y-maen, Inn, Lleiniau, Llethr, Llwyn-croes, Pant-glas, Pant-iaiawr, Pen-llwyn-uchel, Pen-y-graig