KILYCWM (CIL-Y-CWM), a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of CAYO, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (N. N. W.) from Lbmdovery, comprising the Upper and Lower hamlets, and containing 1637 inhabitants, of which number, 924 are in the Upper, and 713 in the Lower, hamlet. This parish, which is intersected by the river Towey, extends for nearly ten miles in length, and is in some parts five miles in breadth, being for the most part enclosed. Copper and lead ores abound within its limits, and mines of both were formerly worked to a considerable extent, but they are not now in operation. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Carmarthen, and diocese of St. David's, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and 41000 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Thynne Howe Gwynne, Esq. There is also a vicarage noticed in the king's books, which is rated at £5. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are three places of worship for Baptists, and one for Calvinistic Methodists. The late Rowland. Pryse, Esq., bequeathed 45 per annum for the support of a charity school, which sumis regularly paid by his representative, John Pryse Lloyd, of Glanseven, Esq., and 1 per annum, of which one-half is appropriated to the purchase of books for the children, and the remainder distributed in bread to the poor. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to £507. 15., of which sum, £236 is raised for the Upper, and 4271. 15. for the Lower, division.