Llangathen

Llangathen, Carmarthenshire

OS Grid Ref.: SN584221
Lat/Lng: 51.8794343299,-4.05854894195

Place-name first attested in 1318, although in 1291 it appears in the form Langattkek. The same personal name is also found in the name of the commote, Catheiniog.

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More information

Hywel Wyn Owen & Richard Morgan, Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales (Llandysul: Gomer, 2007), 255

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