Llanfihangel Aberbythych

Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Community
	Llanfihangel Aberbythych countryside
	Llanfihangel Aberbythych Location within Carmarthenshire
Principal area	Carmarthenshire;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
	List of places UK Wales Carmarthenshire 51°50′06″N 4°03′50″W / 51.835°N 4.064°W ; Map of the community

Llanfihangel Aberbythych (Welsh pronunciation^ⓘ) is a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The population recorded at the 2011 census was 1,344.^[1] It is bordered by Llangathen, Llandeilo, Dyffryn Cennen, Llandybie, Gorslas and Llanarthney, all of which are in Carmarthenshire. There is no village of Llanfihangel Aberbythych – the name is taken from St Michael's Church, which dates from 1849, at Golden Grove (Welsh: Gelli Aur), about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Llandeilo. It now belongs to the Church in Wales parish of Catheiniog.^[2] Villages include Carmel and Maesybont.

Governance

An electoral ward of Carmarthenshire County Council with the same name exists. This stretches north from the village and holds a total population of 1,851.^[3]

Sir William Vaughan (c. 1575 – August 1641) was a writer in English and Latin, who promoted Welsh colonisation in Newfoundland. He was born at Golden Grove.^[4]

^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ [1] Church in Wales
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ Davies, Ceri (2004). "Vaughan, Sir William (c. 1575–1641)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, UK: OUP. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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