LLANFAIR-CLYDOGAU

"LLANFAIR-CLYDOGAU, a parish in the hundred of Moyddyn, county Cardigan, 3 miles N.E. of Lampeter, its post town, and 7 S.W. of Tregaron. It is situated on the river Teifi, here crossed by a bridge. Copper and lead ore are found here. The tithes were commuted in 1839. The lead mines of Llanfair, the property of Lord Carrington, have yielded a large quantity of silver. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of St. David's, value £65. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The whole of this parish, and the neighbouring one of Cellan, are very rich in monumental stones, cairns, and camps, all betokening the proximity of the ancient highway Sarn Helen, a junction apparently taking place at this point between the Roman road which led from Maridunum, and that from the station of Llanfair-arybryn. The Earl of Lisburne and Lord Carrington are lords of the manor."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018