Llanfair Clydogau
"LLANVAIR CLYDOGAU (LLAN-VAIR-Y-CLYWEDOGAU), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Lampeter, containing 385 inhabitants. This parish is pleasantly situated in the upper part of the Vale of Teivy, and on the eastern bank of that river, at a short distance from the turnpike road from Lampeter to Trêgaron bordering on the county of Carmarthen..."
[From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]
Churches
St Mary, Llanfair Clydogau |
Capel Mair, Llanfair Clydogau |
Maesglas Independent Sunday School (Ysgoldy Fach), Maesglas |
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Church History
Some church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names are those of the informants
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Parish entry for Cellan and Llanfair Clydogau from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
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St Mary's church - photograph on Dyfed FHS
Church Records
See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page
Parish Register;
Baptisms 1813-1910. Marriages 1813-1970. Burials 1813-1965 NLW/Cer.RO
Copy ms PR C 1748-1813. M 1748-53, 1755-1810. B 1748-1811 NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1676, 1678-9, 1684, 1686, 1799, 1806, 1808-9, 1811-16, 1818-34, 1836, 1838-40, 1853-4, 1859-80, 1882 NLW
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
I.G.I; Baptisms 1806-40, 1853-75
Nonconformist Chapels;
Capel Mair Ind chapel, Llanfair Bridge
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Shown as still open on the Union of Welsh Independents site (Dec 2006) Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for this chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Sept 2008) |
Description and Travel
The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales., by Jones, I.G. & Williams, D. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. These statistics for this parish or chapelry are extracted from this book which in turn got them from the 1851 census itself;
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Places, villages, farms etc within Llanfair Clydogau as shown on the online parish map from the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. (Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R.). (Extracted by Gareth Hicks)
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Description of the parish of Llanfair Clydogau from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895
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Historical Geography
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History
Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush.(1783-1848) The History and Antiquities of the county of Cardigan. Collected from the few remaining documents which have escaped the ravages of time, as well as from actual observation. Longman: London ,1810. The history and antiquities of the County of Cardigan ... to which are now added a parliamentary history, list of High Sheriffs, some notes on the present county families, &c., &c. repr. Brecon: 1907. This 1907 print has now been reprinted. The section relating to this parish is on pages 228/9; the incumbent of the church in 1800 was the Rev David Williams. Mentioned is the residence of Plas Llanvair Clywedogau.
Williams, David Vicar of Llanfair. Y wladfa fach fynyddig. Situated in the parishes of Llanddewibrefi and Llanfairclydogau. Dinbych: 1963
Land and Property
Documents held at the NLW :
- Cardiganshire Rentals ;
19-20. Lordship of Anhuniog, 1925 (Betws Leucu, Cilcennin, Ciliau Aeron, Henfynyw, Llanfair Clydogau).
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