LLANMIHANGEL-RHOSYCORN (LLAN-VIHANGEL-RHOS-Y-CORN), a parish, in the union of LAMPETER, higher division of the hundred
of CATHINOG, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 12 miles (N. E.) from Carmarthen; containing 709 inhabitants. It is
situated in the northern part of the county, .and comprehends, in addition to a considerable portion of mountainous and
waste land, a large tract of inclosed arable and pasture. The surrounding scenery is distinguished by features rather of a
bold and striking character than of pleasing and picturesque appearance; and the views from the higher grounds embrace
extensive, and in some instances interesting, prospects over the adjacent country, which is finely diversified. Within the
parish is Forest, formerly the residence of Lady Rudd, who, according to an inscription on the building, caused it to be
erected in the year 1724, under the direction of Richard Gwynne, Esq., grandfather of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, of
Tregib, near Llandilo-Vawr: it is now a farm-house, with some fine specimens of beech still remaining, which formed part
of a noble grove of those trees, said to have extended to the church. The soil, though varying in different parts of the
parish, is chiefly of a good quality on the cultivated lands. A woollen manufacture is carried on upon a limited scale,
affording employment to a sa all number of persons. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Llanllwny: the church is a
small edifice, undistinguished by any architectural details; and occupies a dreary elevated position, remote from all
habitations. There is a place of worship for Independents. Of the sum of £2. 6. per annum, charged on an estate called
Pentre, £2 are appropriated to the minister for preaching four sermons quarterly, and the remainder is distributed in
bread to the poor. In the parish is a spring termed Fynnon Capel, situated near an ancient yew tree, from which
circumstance, combined with the evidence afforded by its name, it is inferred that there was once a chapel at this place.
Near the eminence on which the church stands is a turbary of considerable extent.