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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Brechfa contained the following places:
"BRECHFA, a parish in the hundred of Cathinog, in the county of Carmarthen, South Wales, 10 miles to the N.E. of Carmarthen, its post town. It is situated in a beautiful valley, on the banks of the river Cothy. The land is good and highly cultivated. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's, value £72, in the alternate patronage of the families of Tregib and Aberothy. The church, which has no tower, is dedicated to St. Teilo. A cattle fair is held on the 3rd October."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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