LLANLLWNY (LLAN-LLAWNWY), a parish, in the union of LAMPETER, higher division of the hundred of CATHINOG, county of
CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (S.W.) from Lampeter; containing 907 inhabitants. The name of this parish is derived
from the dedication of its church to St. Llonio, one of the congregation of St. Illtyd, an eminent preacher of
Christianity, who flourished in the fifth century. It is pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the river Teivy, by
which it is separated from the county of Cardigan, and is intersected by the turnpike-road from Carmarthen to Lampeter:
the land is inclosed and in a good state of cultivation, and the soil in most parts fertile; the surrounding scenery is
pleasingly diversified, and the distant views extend over a country abounding with picturesque beauty. Maes Criggie, an
ancient family seat, forms an interesting feature in the scenery of the parish; and Perthyberllan is agreeably situated
under the shelter of some thriving plantations, on the edge of an extensive common. The living is a discharged vicarage,
with Llanvihangel-Rhosycorn annexed, rated in the king's books at £5, and endowed with £600 parliamentary grant; present
net income, £103, with a glebe-house; patron, Bishop of St. David's: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of
£233, payable to the Bishop of Lincoln; and there is a glebe attached of 86 acres, valued at £55 per annum.' The church
is romantically situated on a rocky eminence, commanding a fine view, and overlooking the river Teivy, which flows at its
base. There is a place of worship for Independents: a day school, containing about 60 boys and girls, is partly supported
by payments from the parents, and partly by the vicar and others, who pay for some of the poorest children; and there are
two Sunday schools, of which one is of the Estar blished Church, and the other appertains to Independents. On a farm
called Maes Nonny, or the " Nuns' Field," in the parish, it is said there was anciently a nunnery, but nothing is known
either of its foundation or its history. A tumulus, designated Y Castell, still remains on this farm; and near it is a
spring, termed Fynnon Nonny, or the " Nuns' Well." Near the church are some vestiges of a priory, styled by the
inhabitants " Hen Briordk," and said to have been a cell to the great abbey of Strata-Florida; but neither the nunnery
nor the priory is mentioned in Tanner's Notitia Monastica.