TALLEY, otherwise TAL-Y-LLYCHAU, a parish, in the union of Llandilo-Vawr, lower division of the hundred of CAYO,
county of Carmarthen, SOUTH WALES, 7 miles (N.) from Llandilo-Vawr; containing 1068 inhabitants, of whom 418 are
in the Lower, aand 650 in the Uppere division. This phase, of which the name, signifying "the head of the lakes," is
derived from two large pools, near the church, of about fifty acres in extent, -wasioriginally of-much greater importance
than at present, and the seat id one of 'the 'moat extessiveand venerable -ecclesiastical establishments in this part -of
the Triad-Talky. The parish, bounded an tile aosth by Liar dilo-Vawr and ,Llaassuvel,'east and 1130E41 by usi-eadwro and
Cayo,.and north and moot by Llanassel, is situated near the river Cothi, on the-turnpike-rod from landilo-Vawr to
Lampetet; and comprises by ,adoreasurement 7167a. 2r. 10p., of which themable -pr/partion -may consist of about two-
thirds in .relatisn 'to the pasture, and nearly 200 acres 'are -woodland, and 200a. Sp. a votiusiao. The sufwee displaps
s continued suocessioa of	and dale, oidelandand 'mountain  atop, and is rather woody, the 'principal 'timber being -
oak,,ash, elm, fir, elder, ise. Of* soil, -which is-grey in 'colour, awl tolerably despond;fertile,-tie thief
wricaltural.produce is -wham, barley, -oats, &c., with a good and sufficient supply of gnu end bay fee the;use .41 the	On
the west * parish is bounded by the -Cothi, and several hawk Tim in it and unite in the-soith-eastern part, Awe:the
stream ?armies its course, to the Towy; there are Awnessall,xillageo, named Talley and Csvmdil. The sent, Edwina/0rd,
stmads in the north-west AD the Framer of the parish, of about half of which the owner tif the house is tire 'landed
proprietor; Ghuran*, another mansion, is -pleasantly situated an -tbonorthern pant, and the.grounds ore well kid *WA small
fair is held on August 6th. Tire living is ,ftperpetual .eueacy, endowed with 0,00 bonnty,and 41000 parhansentarygnst;
oelinceme. X127;patron, the Rev. William Timms -Nichol', heir of thelate "venerable Thomas Beyssa, Archdeacon of
Cardigan, who parabmedthe damns' the advawson of the living from the ancient board Aberntarles: the iospeopriate tithes
bare been,cowmuted for a rent-charge of £299. 154 subject to rates, averaging £9. 10'. '  and there is a glebe at—
tached of 8 acres; valued at Ell. 6. per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, having- fillies Into decay, way
rebuilt in the Grecian styk, in 177%. at the expense of the inhabitants,. principally from the ruins of the ancient
abbey,, the mar of which farmed: the old church, and, of whisk there are still some remains within' the burial-ground,
consisting of half of the tower, and other considerable pordona 'The present is a neat. edifice, and: coutaims some
monumental inseriperons,whiel is, a naval tablet to the memory of gitamicholas Williams, an *attestor of Sir James,. the
present Bayonet; the area, exclusively of the charnel, is 50 feet hang by 30;tide, and being all. pawed, contains between
We and 400 sittings, which beis-- to the rate-payers, except two, and theses* of she gallery, which are free. There were
formerly five chapels of ease within the parish, but of gone are there at present any remains; memorials of two are
preserved in the names of small patches of ground, one being tutted Mynwent Capel Llanvihangel, " the churchyard of St.
Miehael's chapel," and the other, Mynwent Capel Crist, "the churchyard of Christ's eirapek? There are places of worship
for Baptists and Calvinistic Methodists, the poor of the latter of whom par ticipate in the benefit of Mrs. Mary
Griffith's charity at Llangeithos whisk amounts for distribution to from E15 to £20 per annum. In the parish see two day
schools, one of which contains about 50 children, chiefly girls, supported by Lady Mary Williams, of Edwinsford, who
furnished the school-room, and pays the mistress her salary, with permission to take a. few pay scholars; and in the
other, which is the village school, are about 30 children, tarineipally boys, two of whom are paid for by the Rev. 1
Morgan, and the test by their parerits. There are also three Sunday schools, in one of which, kept in the boys' school-
toots, are *boat 50 males and females who attend the Established Church; and in the others, connected with dissenters,
about 80; the meeting-houses, too, have each a Sunday school for children and adults. An abbey was founded here prior to
1197, by Rh,* ab Grufydd, an ancestor of Lord Dynevor, for Premonstratensian canons, and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin
and St. John the Baptist; to which a darter was given by Edward III., confirming a prior grant by the ancient princes of
South Wales in the time of Henry III. This establishment flourished until the dissolution, at which period it had eight
canons, and its revenue was estimated at El511. 1. 4. The remains, though much diminished by the appro. priadon towards
rding the church, are still owsiderable, containing, as already stated, about half the tower, and some portions of the
transept on both sides, all within the churchyard, and the property of the owner of the tithes: the large bell, sold to
assist the parishioners in' the erection. of the new church, in 1773, is now in Exeter cathedral. The situations of this
structure in a. luxuriant vale eadrosomed among lofty, hills, was peculiarlr adapted for der., tibnal retirement and
canteon. From the richness of the endowment, its, is were little inferior in power to the bishops of the diocese,. and to.
the he. &ewe of one of them,. who Was confessor and seere. airy to Rhys ab Thomas, has been attributed the active part
which that chieftain took in favour of the Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII.