LLANDEFEILOG, CARMARTHENSHIRE

[mikesel]

Hi

I am researching Morris JONES and his family who lived in Llandefeilog Parish, Carmarthenshire during the 19th century and beyond and in the 1911 census the family are shown as running a factory farm at Llandefeilog. Can anyone shed any light on what a factory farm would have been and where in the parish Morris's farm was located? In 1901 he was farming at Capel Farm just north of the village. Could this be one and the same farm??

Thank you in anticipation

Mike

[Milliepede]

Is there a farm address on the 1911 - at the bottom right. 

If you search for Capel Farm in 1911 you can perhaps see who lived there and compare.

[rosie99]

The enumerators summary sheets for the 1911 should give you some idea of the nearby properties

[stanmapstone]

This map shows Capel farm in Banc-y-capel, the Red Cow is on the same sheet in the 1901 census. RG13; Piece: 5110; Folio: 83; Page: 1
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.8127&lon=-4.2805&layers=6&b=1

The 1911 census has the address as Factory Farm Llandefeilog Kidwelly

Stan

[Girl Guide]

This might be of interest:-

http://www.llandyfaelog.org.uk/Llandyfaelog-eng/community_history-7869.aspx

Look at the second map and scroll down to item 10.

[stanmapstone]

There was a Woollen Factory south west of Llandefeilog, see the map at
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.7735&lon=-4.3098&layers=168&b=1

Stan

[mikesel]

Thank you all for your kind help. I have just found a WW1 Service record for another family member and in 1915 he gives his next of kins address, (his mother) as Glan Morlais Farm, Kidwelly. I have found the farm on an 1888 map on Find My APst and it is just south of the village. I think that this may be the site of the 'factory farm'!!

Bets regards

Mike

[stanmapstone]

That farm, Glan-Morlais-uchaf is shown on the map I posted, just north of the Woollen Factory.

Stan