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LLANGWYRYFON

Parish based sketch map of the hundred

"LLANGWYRYVON, or LLANGRWYDDON, (LLAN Y GWYRYDDON), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES,  8 miles (S. by E.) from Aberystwith, containing 533 inhabitants. The name of this place signifies " the church of the Virgins," and is derived from the dedication of its church to St.Ursula, and the eleven thousand virgins. The parish is situated on the southern bank of the Wyrai river, and comprises a considerable tract of enclosed and well-cultivated land, with a large portion of open and elevated common...."
[From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]

• Church History
• Church Records
• Description and Travel
• Genealogy
• History
• Land and Property
• Maps
• Public Records
• Schools

Church History

St Ursula - photograph on Dyfed FHS

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

• Llangwyryfon Parish Church       Return missing
• see Chapels database

Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).

• St Ursula
• Incumbent and Curates; J C Owen
• Rural Deanery of Llanbadarn Fawr
• Acreage 3,925; Population 425

Church Records

See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page

Parish Register;
Baptisms 1729-1991. Marriages 1729-1970 [Banns with gaps 1823-1992]. Burials 1729-1992  NLW with copies of some dates at Cer.RO
Copy ts PR M 1725-1837 with index  NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1674-5, 1678, 1680-1, 1683-5, 1687, 1699, 1811-66, 1868-79, 1887-90 NLW

I.G.I; Baptisms 1812-75

Nonconformist Chapels; see Chapels database

Index to Burials from Parish Registers 1813-1837 available for purchase from  Cardiganshire Family History Society Volume 3: Ilar (Lower) Hundred . Parishes covered: Cilcennin, Henfynyw, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Llanddeiniol, Llanddewi Aberarth, Llangwyryfon, Llanrhystud, Llansantffraid, Llanychaiarn, Trefilan

For Parochial Records, see under Public Records

Descriptions and Travel

Places, villages, farms etc within Llangwyryfon parish  as shown on the parish map on 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)

• Llangwyryfon (28); Abernac; Afon beidog; Argoed; Blaen Wyre; Bryn-chwith; Caer Argoed; Ffynnon-wen; Garth-fawr; Gors-las; Hafod-glas; Hafod Ithel; Llangwyryfon (village); Llyn Eiddwen; Maes-Beidog; Pant-y-gwair; Pen-glan-Owen; Plas-bach; Rhandir-uchaf; Trefenter; Ty-newydd; Ty'n-llwyn

Description of the parish of Llangwyryfon  from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.

Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895

Genealogy

Main, Gwladys. David Morgans, Police Officer: A Life's Journey from Llangwyryfon to Aberystwyth. Cardiganshire FHS Journal Vol 2~ No 6, Oct 2000. Continues in part the article by Shirley Martin in the Feb 2000 issue.

Martin, Shirley. More on the Morgans family of Trefenter, Llangwyryfon. Cardiganshire FHS journal Vol 3/3 Oct 2002

History

6th century inscribed stone from Llangwyryfon - on the Gathering the Jewels site     "This fragmentary stone bears the Latin inscription: DOMNICI / IACIT FILIVS / BRAVECCI 'of Domnicus. He lies (here), son of Braveccus'"

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 280/1; section on Rhandir estate.

Phillips, Richard. Dyn a'i Wreiddiau: Peth o Hanes Plwyf Llangwyryfon  [Man and His Origins : History of Llangyryfon parish]. Aberystwyth: Welsh Book Centre,1975

Land and Property

Held at the NLW ;

• The Phillips [Tal-y-bont] papers have C19-C20 farming records of Phillips of Tre-faes Isaf, Llangwyryfon, and Erglodd and Llwyn-glas,Tal-y-bont. It may also be worth consulting Tre-faes papers for this family from the C17, also at the NLW.
• Cardiganshire Rentals ; 8-12. Lordship of Mefenydd, 1892-5 (Gwnnws Isaf, Llangwyryfon, Llanilar, Llanrhystud, Lledrod Isaf, Rhostïe).

Maps

Public Records

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Llangwyryfon Parish Council Records 1894-1975

Parochial Records at the NLW;

• PR 7 contains Churchwardens' Accounts 1737-1760, with gaps : Vestry Minutes 1746, 1773-1802, 1815.
• Poor Rate Assessment 1749, 1792.
• PR1 contains  Vestry Minutes 1782 ; Overseers' Accounts 1799-1800 ; Poor Rate Assessment 1824-1833.
• Poor Rate Assessment, Highway Assessment & Accounts, Church Rate, Churchwardens' Accounts 1834-1865.
• Highway Rate Assessment Accounts ; Accounts for Lower Division 1828-1836.
• Llangwyryfon School Logbook 1867-1879
• Also [unnumbered] 1841-1868, 1886 Vestry Book and list of Overseers 1849-1866.

Held at Ceredigion Archives;

• Llangwyryfon Parish and Community Council Minutes 1895-1940

Schools

Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847

This page has been partly compiled from material previously published in their journal
by kind permission of Cardiganshire Family History Society

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[Gareth Hicks: 13 March 2007]

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