Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANIDYGWIDID

LLANIDYGWIDID, a parish and a sub-district in the district and county of Cardigan. The parish lies on the river Teifi, at the boundary with Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, and on the Newcastle-Emlyn and Cardigan railway, which was in progress of formation in 1866, 4 miles SE of Cardigan. Post town, Llechryd, under Carmarthen. Acres, 5,595. Real property, £4,453; of which £15 are in fisheries. Pop., 1,028. Houses, 230. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Bishops of St. David's, who had a palace on it; and it passed to the Griffiths. Llwyndyrus, the seat of the Griffiths is on the site of the episcopal palace; and other chief residences are Stradmore-Vale, Noyadd-Trevawr, Penylan, and Blaenpant. A salmon leap is on the contiguous reach of the Teifi. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £130.* Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Dygwydd; was recently rebuilt; is in the early English style, or local stone, with Bath stone dressings; and has a tower. with wooden spire, 130 feet high. -The sub-district contains also four other parishes in Cardiganshire, and two in Pembrokeshire. Acres, 19,860. Pop., 4,133. Houses,


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cardigan RegD/PLU       Cardiganshire AncC
Place: Llandygwydd

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