LLANPYMPSAINT (LLAN-Y-PUMSAINT), a parish, in the hundred of ELVET, union of CARMARTHEN 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, which has its source in the neighbourhood, and falls into the river Towy at Aberguilly. 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 pleasingly
diversified, but not distinguished by any peculiarity of features; and the views of the adjacent country are interesting
and extensive. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to that of Llanllawddog, and endowed with £1000 royal bounty: the
tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £180, payable to the dean and canons of St. George's chapel, Windsor, and
subject to rates that average £3. 10. per annum. 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. Thomas Lloyd, in 1781, bequeathed a rent-charge of £2,
and Elizabeth Jones £20 in money, in 1722, the former of which, together with the interest of the latter, is annually
divided among the poor. There is a waterfall at Cwm Cerwyni, near the village of Llanpympsaint, to which some centuries
ago invalids repaired for cold bathing.