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Llangoedmor  Cardiganshire

 

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

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

Llangoedmor through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6394

Date accessed: 25th April 2024


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