Gavin I thank you so much for your help. As I understand my Great Great Great Grandfather David Davies lived next to this Mansion for many years Ken. sawdust48@zoominternet.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Evans" <gavcho@hotmail.co.uk> To: <carmarthenshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [CMN-L] David Davies > > > Ken, > > > > Use Google Maps to search for "Lletty > Nest, Llanllawddog". > > > > The large house to the south-east is Glangwili. According to Francis > Jones in 'Historic Carmarthenshire Homes', the "predecessor of the mansion > was a farm called Glangwili, which formed part of the estate of the Lloyds > of > Ystrad Corrwg, in 1653. In the latter half of the 17th century the Lloyds > moved > from Ystrad Corrwg to Glangwili where they built a new mansion. Successive > generations until 1835, when John Lloyd Price pulled down most of the old > house, and built a new mansion 'in the Tudor style, of considerable > dimensions'. His eldest son resumed the old family name in 1870, and was > known > as Llewelyn Lloyd Lloyd, that surname being perpetrated by his > descendants. > Most of the mansion was largely altered in the early 20th century". > The Coflein database has some details: > http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/266140/details/GLAN-GWILI,+GARDEN,+LLANLLAWDDOG/ > > > > Regards. > > > > Gavin > _________________________________________________________________ > We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell > us now > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > http://www.DyfedFreeGen.info > http://www.free-genealogy-online.info > http://www.carmarthenshirefhs.info > Welcome to Carmarthenshire Mailing List......... > > > carmarthenshire@rootsweb.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARMARTHENSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >