Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTFA

WESTFA, a hamlet in Llanelly parish, Carmarthen; near Llanelly. Real property, £3,284; of which £26 are in mines, £8 in quarries, and £40 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 1,094; in 1861, 1,511. Houses, 289. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of the coal, iron, tin, and copper trades.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanelli CP/AP       Carmarthenshire AncC
Place: Westfa

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