Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DIHEWID

DIHEWID, a parish in Aberayron district, Cardigan; on the rivulet Mydyr, 5 miles SSE of Aberayron, and 9 NW of Lampeter railway station. Post town, Llanarth, under Carmarthen. Acres, 3, 215. Real property, £1, 527. Pop., 454. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. There is an ancient camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £83. Patrons, the Earl of Lisburne and Major Lewis The church was recently in disrepair.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dihewyd AP/CP       Aberaeron RegD/PLU       Cardiganshire AncC
Place: Dihewyd

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