MYDRIM (MEIDRUM), a parish, partly in the hundred of ELVET, but chiefly in the higher division of the hundred of DERLLYS,
union of CARMARTHEN and county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (W.) from Carmarthen; containing 1110 inhabitants. This
parish is pleasantly situated in the western part of the county, and is intersected by two small rivers, called the Avon
Gynin and Dewi Vawr, which, uniting to the south of it, fall into the Tilf at St. Clear's. It is bounded by the parishes
of Llanvihangel-Aberoowin, Llangunnock, Merthyr, Trelech, Llanwinio, and Llanginning; and contains by admeasurement about
6000 acres of tolerably good land, easily convertible into arable or pasture, being sometimes under corn, and at others
under grass; the produce is chiefly wheat, oats, and barley; there is not much timber, but what there is consists mostly
of oak and ash. The surrounding scenery is pleasingly diversified, being enlivened by the course of the rivers which flow
through the parish, in a direction from north to south; and the views over the adjacent country are interesting and
extensive. About a mile from the church is Pen'rheol, a handsome mansion agreeably situated in grounds tastefully laid
out; and other residences are scattered over the parish, named Tan-y-Graig, Cwm, and Sarnau. Coal has been supposed to
exist, and an attempt to procure it has been made with good prospects of success. A fair is held on March 12th. The living
is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Llanvihangel-Abercowin annexed, rated in the king's books at £7.
10., and endowed with £600 par.. liamentary grant; present net income, £116; patron, Bishop of St. David's: the tithes,
payable to the archdeacon, as Prebendary of Mydrim, have been commuted for a rent-charge of £550; and there is a glebe
attached of 35 acres, valued at £30 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. David, is an ancient edifice of Norman
architecture, in length 44 feet, in breadth, 20; and contains a sufficient number of sittings, half of which are free.
There are places of worship for Baptists and Calvinistic Methodists. The annual sum of £8 is paid out of the tithes of
this parish and Llanvihangel-Abercowin towards the support of a school for the gratuitous instruction of eight poor
children, four from each place; but the name of the benefactor is not known. Here are the remains of an earthwork, called
Castell Brynule, ex' tending over an area of two acres, and defended by a single rampart.