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Llandysul  Cardiganshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llandysul like this:

LLANDYSSIL, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Newcastle-Emlyn district, Cardigan. The village stands on the river Teifi, at the boundary with Carmarthenshire, and on the Carmarthen and Cardigan railway, 8¼ E of Newcastle-Emlyn; and has a bridge, a railway station, and a post office,‡ under Carmarthen. ...


A weekly market is held on Thursday; a monthly market, on the third Tuesday of the month; and fairs on 2 Jan., 11 Feb., the Thursday before Palm Sunday, the third Thursday after that day, 19 Sept., 31 Oct., and 11 Nov.—The parish is divided into Llandyssil-Is-Kerdin, which includes the hamlet of Llanfrene; and Llandyssil-Uwch-Kerdin, which includes the hamlets of Borthin, Capel-Ddewi, Fairdref, Glandysilved, and Llanvair. Acres, 17,556. Real property of L. Is-Kerdin, £3,167; of IL. Uwch-Kerdin, £4,913. Pop. of the whole in 1851,2,930; in 1861, 2,788. Houses, 682. The property is much subdivided. Allt-yr-Odyn, Waun-Ifor, Gilfachwen, and Llanfair are chief residences. Castell-Hywel, once a mansion, is now a farm-house. Castell-Gwynionydd stood near the church; Maelgwm's castle stood at Cilygriaig; and Humphrey's castle stood on the rivulet Cletwr. There are several barrows. The living is two-fold-a vicarage united with the chapelry of Capel-Ddewi, and a sinecure rectory-in the diocese of St. David's. Value of the vicarage, £220; * of the rectory £400. Patron of the former, the Bishop of St. David's; of the latter, Jesus' College, Oxford. The church is partly early English, and was recently in dierepair. There are three recently erected chapels of ease, and chapels for Independents, Baptists, Calvinistic Methodists, Wesleyans, and Unitarians.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes in Cardigan and one in Carmarthen. Acres, 40,722. Pop., 5,934. Houses, 1,396.

Llandysul through time

Llandysul is now part of Ceredigion district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ceredigion has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llandysul itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llandysul, in Ceredigion and Cardiganshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4452

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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