Llangynog, Carmarthenshire

Llangynog village
St Cynog's church

Llangynog is a community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population at the 2011 census was 492.[1]

In 1884, the village was described as follows:

Llangynog is a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of Derllys, union and county of Carmarthen, South Wales. Llangynog is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west from Carmarthen; containing 800 inhabitants. The community comprises about 5,429 acres (21.97 km2) of good land, chiefly arable, and has been greatly improved since the year 1806. The greater part of it being now in a good state of cultivation. The surrounding scenery, with few exceptions, is tame and uninteresting, though some of the distant views are picturesque and beautiful. The soil is poor, rocky, and barren, and the chief produce is oats and barley, with a little wheat... The parish church, dedicated to St. Cynog, is a very plain edifice, consisting of two aisles.[2]

St Cynog's church is a grade II* listed building.[3]

The triangle formed by Llangynog, Llangain and Llansteffan constitutes Dylan Thomas' "breeding-box valley", as he once put it. His mother's family, the Williamses, lived in the triangle, in farms such as Waunfwlchan, Llwyngwyn, Maesgwyn and Penycoed.[4]

The community is bordered by the communities of: Newchurch and Merthyr; Carmarthen; Llangain; Llansteffan; Laugharne Township; and St Clears, all being in Carmarthenshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ↑ From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (S. Lewis, 1844).
  3. ↑ "Church of St Cynog, Llangynog". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Dylan Remembered 1914-34 vol 1 by D N Thomas, Seren 2003

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Coordinates: 51°49′12″N 4°24′39″W / 51.82000°N 4.41083°W / 51.82000; -4.41083


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