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