MARROS, a parish, in the union of NARBERTH, lower division of the hundred of DERLLYS, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, 7
miles (W. by S.) from Laugharne; containing 180 inhabitants. This parish is situated at the south-western extremity of
the county, bordering on the county of Pembroke, and bounded on the south by the shore of Carmarthen bay; the surface is
wild and broken, and considerable portions of the land are barren and uncultivated. Marron mountain comprises a large
tract of stony sterile ground, and the whole district presents a rugged and dreary aspect. Iron-stone and coal are thought
to abound here, but no works have yet been established for procuring these minerals, for the transport of which the
situation of the place, en the shore of Carmarthen bay, affords every facility. The coast is composed of a fine sandy
beach, a few miles in length, and well adapted for sea-bathing from the shallowness of the water for a considerable
distance from the shore. There are several neat and respectable residences scattered over the lower part of the parish.
The living is a vicarage, consolidated with Kifig, and endowed with £8 per annum private benefaction, by the Vicar of
Laugharne, and £800 royal bounty; present net income, £65; patron, the Incumbent of Laugharne. It was formerly only a
perpetual curacy, annexed to the benefice of Laugh-erne, but in consequence of its endowment and consolidation with Kifig,
it was erected into a vicarage: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £88. 10., of which £72. 10. are
payable to the impropriators, subject to rates that average £3. 12. 4., and £16 to the vicar, subject to rates, averaging
£1. 4. per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Laurence, is not distinguished by any architectural details. Sir John
Carew, Bart., made a bequest to the poor, but the amount cannot be ascertained, nor is it known whether it consisted of
money or land.