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"LLANPYMPSAINT (LLAN-Y-PUM-SAINT), a parish, in the hundred of ELVET, union and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 7 miles (N.) from Carmarthen; containing 525 inhabitants. This parish, the name of which signifies the church of the five saints, is traversed on the east by the turnpike road leading from Carmarthen to Lampeter, and is intersected by the small river Guilly . . . It was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Aberguilly; from which it was separated by act of parliament; and comprises a large tract of land, by far the greater part inclosed and in a good state of cultivation. The surrounding scenery is pleasantly diversified, but not distinguished by any peculiarity of features; and the views of the adjacent country are interesting and extensive. . . About 30 children of both sexes are instructed in a day school at the expense of their parents; and there are three Sunday schools, one belonging to the Established Church, and the others respectively to Baptists and Methodists, and in which more than 200 males and females are taught gratuitously, and supplied with books from a fund raised by voluntary contributions. . . " [From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).]

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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

  • Llanpumpsaint Parish Church "Llanpumpsaint Church is a Small Church of a Seperate parish" "The Above Parish Church has been Consecrated from time immemorial. " William Henry Powell, Perpetual Curate
  • Horeb, Rhydargau (?) Calvinistic Baptists Erected in 1783 Henry Evans, Tresurer
  • Lanpumsant Chapel CM Erected 'last building 1827' Thomas Lloyd, Deacon

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

  • Five Saints & Celynin Mission Church
  • Incumbent and Curates; J Jones
  • Rural Deanery of Carmarthen
  • Acreage 6,634 ; Population 686

    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 y Pum Sainct

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      Church Records

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

      Parish registers: Christenings (1775-1896), Marriages (1755-1971), Banns (1823-1953) and Burials (1775-1866) are at the Carmarthenshire Record Office.

      Copy ts PR index Christenings and Burials (1813-75) and Marriages (1695-1875) are at NLW and Carm.RO

      Bishops' Transcripts, covering the period (1675, 1677-9, 1681-2, 1685-7, 1690, 1693, 1695-7, 1699, 1702, 1707-8, ?1711-12, 1715-22, 1724-41, 1750-1, 1754-5, 1757, 1759, 1763, 1765-7, 1787-91, 1793-1800, 1802-82, 1884-5, 1887) are at the National Library of Wales, and have been microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

      An Index to Christenings (1813-1875), Marriages (1695-1875) and Burials (1813-1875) is available on microfiche from Dyfed FHS.

      Marriage index for this parish - see Dyfed Marriages, 1813-1837, Vol. 15 - Elvet Hundred (Dyfed Family History Society, c1989)

      See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg

      Nonconformist Chapels:

      • Horeb (Baptist, 1782), Rhydargaeau See under Llanllawddog
      • Caersalem Baptist chapel, Llanpumsaint SN41592942 Built 1904 Still open 1998 Coflein On Dyfed FHS
      • Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist, 1742), Llanpumsaint village Births and baptisms (1810-37) PRO RG4/3830, LDS 828113; accounts (1825-32) NLW CM 37 SN41882911 Bethel CM chapel, Llanpumsaint Built 1796; rebuilt/modified 1827, 1867 & 1873 Coflein Bethel Llanpumpsaint CM chapel - still open in 2006
      • Nebo (Independent, 1832), Ystumgwili, Penyrheol See Pencader, Bwlchnewydd and Pantteg SN41222708 Built 1840 & rebuilt 1896 Coflein 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 (Dec 2008)
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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;

      • Area 4079 acres; Population 268 males, 252 females, total 520

        Various landscapes - on the People's Collection Wales site

        You can see pictures of Llanpumsaint which are provided by:

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        Gazetteers

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

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        History

        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.

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        Maps

        Parish map(Kain/Oliver)

        You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SN422290 (Lat/Lon: 51.937186, -4.296256), Llanpumsaint which are provided by:

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        Names, Geographical

        Places, villages, farms etc within Llanpumsaint 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 Gareth Hicks)

        • Llanpumsaint (35); Allt-garedig; Bryn-biettyn; Bryn-cenau; Carmarthen, Lampeter & Aberystwyth Rlwy.; Dan-y-cerig; Deri-mysg; Esgair; Ffynnon-newydd; Glan-Corwg; Glan-neuadd; Gwastad; Llanpumsaint (village); Llwyn-calenig; Mill(2); Nant Aeron; Nant Brechfa; Pen-hill; Pentre-mawr
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        Occupations

        Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site

        • Photograph: Cutting fire wood, Betws Farm, Nebo, Llanpumsaint
        • Photograph: Farmer taking milk to the stand, Betws Farm, Nebo, Llanpumsaint
        • Photograph: Cattle on their way to the byre for milking, Betws Farm, Nebo, Llanpumsaint
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        Public Records

        Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

        • Llanpumsaint Parish Council Records 1910-1968