Llangwyryfon, Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy

Guide to Llangwyryfon, Cardiganshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: civil registration, census records, and parish register transcripts.

History
Llangwyryfon is a village, community 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.

LLANGWYRYVON, or LLANGRWYDDON, (LLAN Y GWYRYDDON), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of ILAR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (S. by E.) from Aberystwith. The name of this place signifies " the church of the Virgins," and is derived from the dedication of its church to St.Ursula, and the eleven thousand virgins. The parish is situated on the southern bank of the Wyrai river, and comprises a considerable tract of enclosed and well-cultivated land, with a large portion of open and elevated common. There are places of worship for dissenters, and some Sunday schools.

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Parish Chest
Vestry minutes (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Church warden accounts (DATES) are at the [URL ARCHIVE].

Tithe Records
The tithe agreement date for Llangwyryfon was DATE.

Nonconformist Chapel Records
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Civil Registration
The Civil Registration District for Llangwyryfon is DATESANDNAMESCIVREG.

Poor Law Unions
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