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"LLĘCHRHYD (LLĘCHRYD), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 3 miles (S. E.) from Cardigan, containing 392 inhabitants. This place is by some historians supposed to have been the scene of a sanguinary engagement which took place between Rhys ab Tewdwr, sovereign of South Wales, and the three sons of Bleddyn ab Cynvyn who, in a previous insurrection, had compelled that sovereign to seek refuge in Ireland. Rhys returning thence, in 1087, with a powerful army to recover possession of his dominions, landed on the neighbouring coast, and was met at a place called Llęchryd by the sons of Bleddyn, who resolved to give him battle..........." [From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]
Parish based
sketch map
of the
hundred
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Monumental inscriptions for Holy Cross Church, Llechryd are available on microfiche from Dyfed FHS.
Holy Cross - photograph on Dyfed FHS
St Tydfil - photograph on Dyfed FHS
LLECHRYD, Holy Cross 1839-1844 - 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).
Cofiant a phregethau y diweddar Barch. John Richards, Llechryd. Woodstock: 1887
See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page
Parish Register;
Baptisms 1813-1996. Marriages 1805-1970 [Banns 1824-1996 with gaps]. Burials 1813-1969 NLW/Cer.RO
PR CB 1787-1812 M 1787-1804 recorded in 1831 seemingly lost in the floods of 1861[G Eyre Evans
Cardiganshire and Its Antiquities, 251.
ts index PR M 1837-1970 NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1799-1855, 1862-3, 1876-7 NLW
I.G.I; Baptisms 1799-1863
Nonconformist Chapels; see Chapels database
Places, villages, farms etc within Llechryd 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 Howard Thomas)
Kelly's Directory South Wales 1895
Description of the parish of Llechryd from A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) by Samuel Lewis.
Llechryd - on Wikipedia
Lloyd, D. W. Old Llechryd . Cardigan : 1971.
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 brief section relating to this parish is on page 182.
The incumbent of the church in 1810 was the Rev Mr Sampson Owen. "In this parish is the oldest dissenting meeting-house in the county, said to have been built by Major Wade, one of Oliver Cromwell's troopers."
Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847
[Gareth Hicks: 9 April 2007]
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