In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfairorllwyn like this:
LLANFAIR-ORLLWYN, a parish in Newcastle-in-Emlyn district, Cardigan; on the river Teifi at the boundary with Carmarthenshire, 4 miles E by N of Newcastle-Emlyn r. station. Post town, Newcastle-Emlyn, under Carmarthen. Acres, 1,744. Real property, £1,168. Pop., 427. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £155. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is good.
Llanfairorllwyn through time
Llanfairorllwyn is now part of Ceredigion district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ceredigion has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfairorllwyn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfairorllwyn, in Ceredigion and Cardiganshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4469
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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