Welsh Journals

HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF LLANDYSILIO. By THOMAS PRYCE. PART IV. Continued from page 64, Vol. XXXII. OLD HOUSES AND FAMILIES. DOMGAY. THE old hall at Domgay, for many generations the seat of the LLoyd family, was a large black and white timbered house, said to have been built in the first half of the seventeenth century. It probably replaced a somewhat similar building standing on the same spot. After the marriage of the heiress Jane LLoyd with Edward LLoyd of Leaton Knolls (1713-1779), the family appears to have changed their residence to the latter place, and to have lived only from time to time at Domgay. Francis LLoyd, the son and successor of Edward LLoyd, died in 1799, and was buried at Llandysilio, and after his death the old hall would appear to have been more or less deserted, and finally, given up entirely as the family residence. The LLoyds were an ancient family, possessing considerable property in the parish, and up to the end of the eighteenth century ranked among the principal resident landowners. There are several mural tablets to the memory of various members of the family in the church, and their family vault was in the chancel of the old building. After the death of Francis LLoyd, the old house fell gradually into decay, and a great portion was taken