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Bayvill, a parish, in the union of Cardigan, hundred of Kemmes, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 3 miles (E.N.E.) from Newport; containing 130 inhabitants. This small parish, which is situated in the northern part of the county, and within a short distance of the coast, is intersected by a tributary stream, which rises to the north of the church, and falls into the river Nevern near its influx into the sea at Newport bay: the rateable annual value is returned at £658. The living is a discharged vicarage, consolidated with that of Moylgrove, rated in the king’s books at £5, and endowed with £800 royal bounty; net income, £224; impropriators, the Landowners. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. There is a place of worship for Independents.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis Third Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.