Aberaeron, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy

WalesCeredigion Aberaeron

Aberaeron is a town, community and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales.

The headquarters of Ceredigion County Council are situated in the town.

Before 1974 the town was in the historic county of Cardiganshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Ceredigion.

History
The name Aberaeron comes from "the mouth of the River Aeron", Aeron being a Welsh god of war) is a seaside resort town in Ceredigion, Wales. The population was 1520 in 2001. The present town was planned and developed from 1805 by the Rev. Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne. The harbour he built operated as a port and supported a shipbuilding industry in the 19th century. A group of workmen's houses and a school were built on the harbour's north side, but these were reclaimed by the sea. Steam ships continued to visit the harbour until the 1920s but, in later years, it evolved into a small half-tide harbour for recreational craft. The estuary is also crossed by a wooden pedestrian bridge.

For further information on Aberaeron see Genuki - Llanddewi and Genuki - Henfynyw

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Vision of Britain - Aberaeron