Church of St Brynach
Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire
Diocese: Tyddewi/St Davids
OS Grid Ref.: SN21642323
Lat/Lng: 51.8790336393,-4.59264710361
Both Browne Willis and A.W. Wade-Evans agree on the dedication of the church to Brynach. Evidence for a holy well to the east of the church, probably dedicated to Brynach, and the name of its location, supports the local association with the saint from the late sixteenth century. A legend explaining the name Llanboidy as Llan-y-beudy (Church of the cowhouse) has also linked Brynach to the locality.
More information
National Monuments RecordChurch Heritage Cymru
Stained Glass in Wales
S. Baring-Gould & John Fisher, The Lives of the British Saints (London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1907), 322 View online
M.H. Jones, 'The Ecclesiastical Place-names of Carmarthenshire II' in Archaeologia Cambrensis (1915), 400
Sources
Browne Willis, Parochiale Anglicanum (London: 1733), 187
John Ecton, Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum (London: 1754), 470
A.W. Wade-Evans, 'Parochiale Wallicanum' in Y Cymmrodor (1910), 47
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