LLANYBYTHER (LLAN-Y-BYDDAR), a parish, in the union of LAMPETER, higher division of the hundred of CATHINOG, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (S. W.) from Lampeter; comprising the northern and southern divisions, and containing 1120 inhabitants. This place is situated on the road from Lanapeter-Pont-Stephen to Carmarthen, and on the border of the county; and is bounded on the west and north by Cardiganshire, on the north-east by the parish of Pencarreg, on the math by that of Llannulausgel- Rhasycorn, on the south-east by that of Llansawel, and oa the south. west by that of Llanllwny. The parish is extensive, comprising nearly ten thousand acres, of which about two thousand are uninclosed, and containing a great variety of soil and surface, including a large portion of the country between the rivers Teivy and Cathy; the prevailing kinds of timber are fir and young oak, and the chief agricultural produce oats and barley. There is a ridge of high ground crossing the parish in the centre from east to west, from which numerous streams descend towards the north into the Teivy, and southwards into the Cothy; the latter district exhibits many deep glens. A road from Llansawel to Llandyssul intersects this common, on which several email and monumental stones are visible. The village of Llanybyther is situated on the banks of the river Teivy, which is here crossed by a bridge, and near the road leading from Lampeter to Carmarthen: the parish also contains the village of Glanduar and that of Abergorlech, which is situated on the southern confines of the parish, some miles distant from the village of Llanybyther, and near the junction of the river Gorlech with the Cothy, from which it derives its name. Fairs are held on June 21st, July 17th, and November 1st and 21st. The living is a disoharged vicarage, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Crown; present net income, £117, with a glebe-house; impropriators, C. Longcroft and T. Lloyd, Esqrs.: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £230, of which £160 are payable to the impropriators, and £70 to the vicar, who has also a glebe of 71 acres, valued at £10 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has recently undergone thorough repair, and is now comfortably fitted up for the accommodation of the inhabitants; it is 70 feet long, including the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1804, and 17 feet broad, and contains 162 sittings, nearly the whole free. There is also a chapel at Abergorlech, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £1000 royal bounty, and in the gift of the Vicar; net income, £60. There are two places of worship for Independents, and one each for Baptists and Methodists. About 55 children of both sexes are instructed at the expense of their parents, in two day schools, one of which has a lending library attached, furnished by the Hon. Mrs. Evans. There are also four Sunday schools, one of which, consisting of 105 males and females, appertains to Baptists, and has an endowment of a per annum, bequeathed by their late minister; two others are connected with Independents, and one with Calvinistic Methodists, and together contain 250 males and females: all are conducted gratuitously. Opposite the church, and at the distance of about half a mile from it, in a south-western direction, is an enclampment, crowning a conical hill of considerable elevation, called the Gaer, supposed to be of Roman construction.