Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ILLANBADARN-TREF-EGLWYS, or LLANBADARNFACH

ILLANBADARN-TREF-EGLWYS, or LLANBADARNFACH, a parish, with a village, in Aberayron district, Cardigan; on the river Arth, near the coast, 3 miles ENE of Aberayron, and 11 NW of Lampeter r. station. Posttown, Aberayron, under Carmarthen. Acres, 6,283. Real property, £2,488. Pop., 948. Houses, 213. The property is divided among a few. The suffix Tref-Eglwys, in the name of the parish, signifies ''three churches, ''and alludes to the existence formerly of three churches here, two of which have disappeared. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £45. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church was formerly collegiate, and had a prebend; and it is in good condition. There are two Calvinistic Methodist chapels


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanbadarn Trefeglwys CP/AP       Aberaeron RegD/PLU       Cardiganshire AncC
Place names: ILLANBADARN TREF EGLWYS     |     ILLANBADARN TREF EGLWYS OR LLANBADARNFACH     |     LLANBADARNFACH
Place: Llanbadarn Trefeglwys

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