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"LLANVIHANGEL-LLEDROD (LLAN-VIHANGEL LLETHR Y TROED), a parish in the Upper division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (S. E.) from Aberystwith, comprising the townships of Lledrod Isāv and Lledrod Uchāv each of which supports its own poor, and containing 1213 inhabitants, of which number, 732 are in a Lledrod Isāv and 481 in Lledrod Uchāv. This parish derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Michael, and its distinguishing appellation from its situation at the foot of a declivity on which it is built. It extends for nearly seven miles in length, and three miles in breadth, forming a part of the lordship of Mevenydd which belongs to the crown, and contains a large tract of land, of which the greater portion is enclosed and cultivated........" [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;
St Michael - photograph on Dyfed FHS
LLEDROD, St. Michael 1826-1828 - on the Church plans online siteSome 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 Lledrod (otherwise Llanfihangel Lledrod) from The Welsh Church Year Book, 1929 (Cd by Archive CD Books).
See Notes on Church/Chapel Records page
Parish Register;
Baptisms 1770-2, 1778-1850, 1853-1991. Marriages 1766-1804, 1813-1970. Burials 1770-2, 1778-1992 NLW with copies of some dates at Cer.RO [inc Banns 1823/4]
PR M 1804-12 recorded as missing in 1831
Copy ts PR M 1765-1837 with index NLW/Cer.RO
Bishops Transcripts;
1674-5, 1678-80, 1682, 1684, 1687, 1699-1700, 1703, 1811-17, 1819-29, 1831-75, 1880 NLW
I.G.I; Baptisms 1811-75
Index to Burials from Parish Registers 1813-1837 available for purchase from Cardiganshire Family History Society
Volume 2: Ilar (Upper) Hundred . Parishes covered: Eglwys Newydd, Gwnnws, Llanafan, Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, Llanilar,
Lledrod, Rhostļe, Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ystrad Meurig
Nonconformist Chapels; see Chapels database
Places, villages, farms etc within Lledrod 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 Lledrod parish from Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833
Extracts of Township descriptions from Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833
"LLEDROD ISĀV (LLETHR Y TROED), a township in the parish of LLANVIHANGEL LLEDROD, upper division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 9 Miles (S. S. E.) from Aberystwith, containing 732 inhabitants. The small river Wyra passes through it, and falls into the sea at Llanrhystid. There is a separate assessment for the maintenance of the poor, the average annual expenditure being £117.16.""LLEDROD UCHĀV (LLETHR Y TROED), a town-ship in the parish of LLANVIHANGEL LLEDROD, upper division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (S. E.) from Aberystwith, containing 481 inhabitants. The parochial church stands at the foot of the western declivity of a high and dreary common, and near the source of a small rivulet called the Wyra. Several tumuli are observable on the adjacent hills ; and there is a chalybeate spring, formerly much regarded for its sanatory properties. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor amounts to £ 156.4."
"In 1847 the "Tamerlane" left Aberystwyth with 462 passengers and crew. The passengers were mainly from the parts of Cardiganshire, such as Lledrod, Mynydd-bach, and Tai-hirion-y-rhos" (Tai-hirion, near Blaenpennal). The newspaper, The Welshman, identified the male passengers as 75 farmers, 65 labourers, 13 carpenters, 17 tailors, 6 blacksmiths, 5 hatters, and 10 miners, the latter probably came from the lead mining district north east of Mynydd Bach. "
Hughes, John. Tea and Tears. Dyfed FHS journal , Vol 8/2 April 2003. Features Robert Evans, grocer of Lledrod.
Jenkins, Philip. Shopkeepers of Swyddffynnon-A Family Diary and Ledger. Cardiganshire FHS journal vol 2/9, Oct 2001. A ledger was kept by Evan Jones, shopkeeper in Swyddffynnon, from 1871 for several years, this is an extract of the period 1871-1891.
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 277/9; Llanfihangel Lledrod (otherwise Lletherod). Section on Ffoes-y-Bleddiaid, ancestral home of the Lloyd family (Mabws).
Documents held at the NLW :
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Held at Ceredigion Archives ;
Lloyd, Rev. J. Trefor. Centenary Celebrations of Lledrod Primary School. 1977
Here is an extract from The Reports of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the state of Education in Wales. 1847
Swyddffynnon School Log Book. Headmaster's comments. As published in the Cardiganshire FHS journal vol 3/5 June 2003 ( reproduced there with permission of Ceredigion Archives). Extracts below;
This page has been partly compiled from material previously published in their journal
by kind permission of Cardiganshire Family History Society
[Gareth Hicks: 12 Nov 2009 ]
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