Lledrod, Ceredigion, Wales Genealogy

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

Lledrod (or, in full, Llanfihangel Lledrod) is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales. Is comprises of the two townships of Lledrod Isaf and Lledrod Uchaf.

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
In 1833: "LLANVIHANGEL-LLEDROD (LLAN-VIHANGEL LLETHR Y TROED), a parish in the Upper division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 9 miles (S.E.) from Aberystwith, comprising the townships of Lledrod Isâv and Lledrod Uchâv each of which supports its own poor, and containing 1213 inhabitants, of which number, 732 are in a Lledrod Isâv and 481 in Lledrod Uchâv. This parish derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Michael, and its distinguishing appellation from its situation at the foot of a declivity on which it is built. It extends for nearly seven miles in length, and three miles in breadth, forming a part of the Lordship of Mevenydd which belongs to the crown, and contains a large tract of land, of which the greater portion is enclosed and cultivated........" [From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]

For more information see Lledrod at Genuki

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Lledrod at Vision of Britain