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"LLANWENOG (LLAN WENOG), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5 Miles (W. S. W.) from Lampeter, containing 1647 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises the upper and lower divisions, is pleasantly situated on the river Teivy, and on the turnpike road leading from Lampeter to Cardigan. It is distinguished as the scene of a memorable battle, which was fought in 981, between the Danes, under their famous leader Godfrid, and the native Welsh under Eineon ab Owain (in which the former were totally defeated), or, according to Dr. Meyrick, between Eineon and his countryman Hywel ab Ievav; and a square intrenchment in a field called Cae'r Vaes, or " the field of battle," on the farm of Ty cam, in this parish, is still pointed out as the spot where the engagement took place......"
Parish based
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[From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]
Llanwenog and Llanwnen parishes [ 10 churches and chapels],Mls ; searches within their Research Service from Cardiganshire Family History Society
A bound copy of the 1841 census return for this parish is available at Carmarthen Reference Library.It was produced by pupils of Lampeter Comprehensive School as part of the Lampeter and District Census Project 1987.
St Gwenog - 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
Parish entry for Llanybydder and Llanwenog from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
Evans, R. E. H. Eglwys y Plwyf, Llanwenog [The Parish Church, Llanwenog ]. Llanwenog, 1985?
Morris, J. St Gwenog: her church and her well. Card. Antq. Soc. Trans., Vol I/3
See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page
Parish Register;
Baptisms 1722-1993. Marriages 1722-54, 1796-1802, 1813-1986 [ Banns fac M 1855-1942]. Burials 1722-1850, 1855-1993 NLW with copies of some dates at Cer.RO
Copy manuscripts PR[extracts] CMB 1722-1812 NLW
Bishops Transcripts;
1676, 1681, 1799-1845, 1847-9, 1855-6, 1865-6, 1892 NLW
I.G.I; Baptisms 1799-1866
Nonconformist Chapels; see Chapels database
Places, villages, farms etc within Llanwenog 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)
Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895
Description of the parish of Llanwenog from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
Llanwenog Community site
Davies, D J. Llanwenog. Card. Antq. Soc. Trans., Vol XII
Evans, Emile T. Cors Fochno and Cors Goch. Ceredigion, Vol I
Cardiganshire Families Project
Davies, Cledlyn. Hanes Llanwenog: y plwyf, a'i bobl. [A History of Llanwenog, the Parish and its People]. Aberystwyth, Welsh Gazette, 1939Meyrick, 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 213/217; formerly had 4 chapels of ease (none of which now exist), they were Cappel Whyl, Llanvaughan, Capel Santessau, and Capel Brun eglwys. The late incumbents of the church were the Rev David Williams, Rev Evans, and the Rev Joshua Davies. Also mentioned are Llan-Vaughan mansion, High Mead, Dolwlph, Bwlchbychan, Bwlchmawr, and Court Newydd.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Held at the NLW;
Held at Ceredigion Archives;
Davies, J Ceredig. History and traditions of the neighbourhood of Highmead. Card. Antq. Soc. Trans, Vol I/3
Charles, B.G. The Highmead Dairy, 1778-97. Ceredigion: Journal of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society. Vol. V. No. 1 (1964)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847
[Gareth Hicks: 6 April 2007]
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