Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGOEDMORE, or LLANGoEDMAWR

LLANGOEDMORE, or LLANGoEDMAWR, a parish in the district and county of Cardigan; on the river Teifi and on the Cardigan railway, at the boundary with Pembroke, 1 mile E by S of Cardigan. Post town, Cardigan. Acres, 4,946. Real property, with Llechryd, £5,040. Rated property of Llangoedmore alone, £3,775. Pop. in 1851,990; in 1861,902. Houses, 217. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Langleys; passed to the Mortimers and the Lewises; and belongs now to the Lloyds. Coedmore, in a charming situation, nearly opposite Cilgerran Castle, is the seat of T. E. Lloyd, Esq.; and Llangoedmore, of Mrs. Millingchamp. Trevorgan also is a chief residence. Slate is found. A well and a cave called St. Cynllo's, are near the church; and there are some Druidical stones. A battle was fought, in 1135, near Crugmawr, between Gruffydd ab Rhys and the English. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £440. Patron, R. D. Jenkins, Esq. The church is dedicsted to 8.5Cynllo; was repaired in 1830; and was restored in


(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: Llangoedmor CP/AP       Cardiganshire AncC
Place names: LLANGOEDMAWR     |     LLANGOEDMORE     |     LLANGOEDMORE OR LLANGOEDMAWR
Place: Llangoedmor

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