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"LLANSANTFRAID (LLAN - SANT - FRAID), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 11 miles (S. by W.) from Aberystwith, containing 1206 inhabitants. The village, which is situated on the road from Cardigan to Aberystwith, consists only of a few houses of mean appearance : the parish is noted for its abundant produce of barley. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Cardigan, and diocese of' St. David's, rated in the king's books at £ 6.13.4., endowed with £400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of St. David's. The church, dedicated to St. Bridget, is a commodious edifice, agreeably situated near the shore of Cardigan bay. There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists. Leland has recorded the existence here of a large building, but he was unable to determine whether or not it was the abbey of Llanfride, of which mention is made in the book " De Dotatione Ecclesiae S. Davidis." Giraldus also speaks of Llansanfride nunnery, but it is equally uncertain whether this was situated here. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor is £304.5."
Parish based
sketch map
of the
hundred
[From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]
Llansantffraid Church, Mls ; searches within their Research Service from Cardiganshire Family History Society
St Bridget - photograph on Dyfed FHS
See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re St Bride's Church
See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph
Dewi Sant, Nebro - photograph on Dyfed FHS
LLANSANTFFRAID, St. Bridget 1839-1841 - on the Church plans online site
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
Parish entry from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
McDermott, Mark. The rebuilding of Llansantffraid's Parish Church (NLW's site) Ceredigion XIV
See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page
Parish Register;
Baptisms 1796-1993. Marriages 1754-1812, 1837-1988. Burials 1796-1966 NLW/Cer.RO
Diocesan records suggest that c 1790 this parish had registers going back to 1696. No mention of PR M 1813-37 in 1933 survey
Copy ts PR/BT M 1754-1837 with index NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1678, 1681, 1811-65, 1870-80, 1882 NLW
See Bap/Mar/Bur data on FreeReg
I.G.I; Baptisms 1811-75
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
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;
Places, villages, farms etc within Llansanffraid 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)
Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895
With the kind permission of the publisher, these extracts are taken from " The History of Cardiganshire" by S R Meyrick, 1810, specifically the reprint of the 1907 imprint published by Stephen Collard in July 2000.
Morris, Eloise. From Llannon to Waukesha, Wisconsin, Via Cynwyl Caio- An Emigrant's Story. The lives of descendants of William Davies (1771-1856), son of mariner John Jones, who emigrated to Winsconsin, USA. Dyfed Family History Society journal April 1994, Vol 4, number 9, pages 360-369
The book Mynegai i Ceredigion [Index to Ceredigion] 1-X, edited by Howells,W.H. 1990, has numerous references to Llansanffraid. Two important articles, both by Spencer Thomas, which form an excellent starting point for anyone researching ancestors in the parish are; Land Occupation, ownership, and utilisation in the parish of Llansantffraid [Vol III, 1957]; and The Enumerators' Returns as a source for a period picture of the parish of Llansantffraid, 1841-1851 [Vol IV, 1963].Thomas, Spencer. The enumerators' returns as a source for a period picture of the parish of Llansantffraid, 1841/51 (NLW's site) Ceredigion BVol IV
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Held at the NLW;
McDermott, Mark. Two examples of vernacular architecture in the parishes of Llansantffraid and Aberarth (Ty'n y Cwm in the first and 2 cottages in the second) (NLW's site) Ceredigion Vol VIII
Thomas, Spencer. Land occupation, ownership, and utilisation in the parish of Llansantffraid (NLW's site) Ceredigion, Vol III
Thomas, G Ivor. Captain John Richards (1813-1903) and the 'Eagle Eyed'(1858-1897) (NLW's site) Ceredigion X [This article deals with one of Llan-non's most long lived sailing captains....]
Thomas, G.J. Ysgol Llannon. 1978
Cymdeithas Hanes Llansantffraed Historical Society - for details see Ceredigion Local History Forum
This page has been partly compiled from material previously published in their journal
by kind permission of Cardiganshire Family History Society
[Gareth Hicks: 12 Dec 2012]
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