Troedyraur, Ceredigion, Wales Genealogy

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

Troedyraur is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales.

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

The community includes the villages of Rhydlewis, Ffostrasol, Brongest, Capel Cynon, Coedybryn, Croeslan, Penrhiwpâl and Llangynllo.

History
TROEDYRAUR (TROED-YR-AUR), a parish composed of the Upper and Lower divisions, in the upper division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (N.N. E.) from Newcastle-Emlyn. The ancient name of this place was Llanvihangel Trêv-Deyrn and was derived from the dedication of its church to St. Michael, and from its having been the residence of some royal personage, perhaps a prince of Ceredigion. Its present name of Troedyraur signifying " the foot of gold," originated in an opinion that gold was formerly procured at the foot of the eminence on which the church is situated. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a neat structure, erected in the year 1795, by subscription among the parishioners, under the superintendence of the rector, who subsequently added to it a very neat porch at his own expense. Here was an ancient chapel, called Tŵr Gw-y-Bryn, upon the site of which a parsonage-house has been built. There are two places of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, and one for Independents, with a Sunday school held in each of them.

For more information see Troedyraur at Genuki.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Troedyraur at Vision of Britain