Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Llantwit Major. You may be able to find further references to Llantwit Major in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
LANTWIT-MAJOR, or LLANILLTYD-FAWR	a decayed old town and a parish	Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Llantwit Major.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Boverton	hamlet	Bartholomew
BOVERTON	a hamlet	Imperial
Frampton	hamlet	Bartholomew
FRAMPTON	a hamlet	Imperial
Ham	hamlet and seat	Bartholomew
HAM	a hamlet	Imperial
Llechmawr	hamlet	Bartholomew
LLECHMAWR	a hamlet	Imperial
Pwll Elech	hamlet	Bartholomew
PWLL-ELECH	a hamlet	Imperial
Sigginston	hamlet	Bartholomew
SIGGINSTON	a hamlet	Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Llantwit Major within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
William Camden	Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Frampton	0	2
Boverton	0	2
Llan Faes	1	2
Llanmihangel	0	2
St Donats	2	2
Eglwys Brewys	0	2
Yr As Fach	0	2
St Mary Church	0	2
Marcroes	0	2
Llandough Juxta Cowbridge	0	2
Flemingston	2	2
Llandw	0	2
Gileston	0	2
Llyswyrny	0	3
St Athan	0	2
Broughton	0	2
Yr As Fawr	0	2
Stembridge	0	2
St Hilary	0	2
St Andrews Minor	0	2