Blaenporth, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy

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A guide to genealogy in Blaenporth, with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; ...

Blaenporth is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Cardiganshire and, between 1974 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Ceredigion.

History
BLAENPORTH (BLAEN-PORTH), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5 miles (E. by N.) from Cardigan, on the road to Aberystwith. The lands in this parish are nearly all enclosed, and in a good state of cultivation. The church, dedicated to St. David, consists of a nave, chancel, and porch, and has a bell suspended at the west end of the roof. There are places of worship for dissenters, with two Sunday schools conducted gratuitously.

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