Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy

WalesCeredigion Llanfihangel y Creuddyn

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

Llanfihangel y Creuddyn is a village and ancient ecclesiastical parish in the upper division of the Hundred of Ilar 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.

The ecclesiastical parish was composed of the chapelry of Eglwys Newydd (or Llanfihangel y Creuddyn Uchaf) and the township of Llanfihangel y Creuddyn Isaf.

Today, the area is part of the community of Trawsgoed.

It has also been known as Lower Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, Lower Llanfihangel y Croyddin and Lower Llanfihangel y Croyddyn.

History
The lands of the parish were part of the Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida originally established in 1164.

In 1833: "LLANVIHANGEL Y CREIDDYN (LLAN-VIHANGEL-Y-CREUDDYN), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 7 miles (S. E.) from Aberystwith, on the road to Rhaiadr, comprising the chapelry of Eglwys-Newydd, or Llanvihangel y Creiddyn Uchâv, and the township of Llanvihangel y Creiddyn Isâv each supporting its own poor, and containing 1971 inhabitants, of which number, 944 are in Llanvihangel y Creiddyn Isâv. This parish, which is situated on the river Ystwith, and intersected by various other streams, is eminently distinguished by scenery which is equally remarkable for picturesque beauty and strikingly romantic grandeur...." [From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]

For more information, see Llanfhihangel y Creuddyn at Genuki

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Llanfihangel y Creuddyn at Vision of Britain]