Meidrim Parish
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Meidrim, St David, Parish Church Ordnance Survey Map Reference : SN289210 Parish Registers : Carmarthenshire Record Office Baptisms 1653 - 1921 Marriages 1653 - 1971 Burials 1653 - 1882 Bishops Transcripts : National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 1671-73, 1675-79, 1681, 1683-88, 1693 -96, 1698-1701, 1703, 1705-06 |
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Carmarthenshire Marriages
1754-1837
Bethel, CM Chapel Founded 1760, Rebuilt 1837, Renovated 1903 Situated in the village of Meidrim
Gibeon Independent Chapel, Meidrim
Founded in 1841, re-built in 1868, renovated in 1914, renovated again in 1941.
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Meidrim Parish Church Meidrim is a small parish, in the hundred of DERLLYS union and county of Carmarthenshire, South Wales, it is 8 miles west from the town of Carmarthen. The village, is set deep in scenic country side, and benefits from a course of rivers which run through the parish. It is estimated that the village comprises of 6000 acres of land, the majority used for farming. Meidrim has approximately 603 residents, a village school, 2 public houses, both a church and chapel, village green and playing field. Meidrim village lies at an historic bridging point of the Afon Dewi Fawr. It is suggested that Meidrim origins lie in prehistory, an example of this is the Church which has been was built with strong definitions of an Iron Age Hillfort and Norman Architecture. It is not known where the name Meidrim originates from, although there are many suggestions: Meidrim signifies high ground used for early Summer pasture. 'Mei' + 'trum' = May Ridge. Another suggestion is 'Meidr' or 'Beidr' mean track, and 'im' meaning little. The name Meidrim may have also come from an early Christian Saint called Nailtrum, or as mentioned in a 12th Century poem it may mean "half of the shoulder"of a hill. It has even been said that it is a corruption of "My dream"!! |
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