In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dihewyd like this:
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.
Dihewyd through time
Dihewyd is now part of Ceredigion district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ceredigion has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dihewyd itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dihewyd, in Ceredigion and Cardiganshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4794
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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