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Cilgerran (hundred)
200px, Pembrokeshire showing Cilgerran Hundred The Hundred of Cilgerran (often written "Kilgerran") was a hundred in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was formed by the Act of Union of 1536 from the commote of the pre-Norman cantref of Emlyn included by the Act in Pembrokeshire and is otherwise called in Welsh Emlyn Is Cuch (Emlyn below the River Cuch), with the addition of the Cemais parish of Llantood. The area of the commote was about 106 km2: that of the hundred was 113 km2. It was under the control of the medieval borough of Cilgerran. It was occupied by the Normans in the 12th century, and made part of the March, but remained exclusively Welsh-speaking. In addition to Cilgerran Castle, the Normans constructed at least one other castle in the commote: Castell Chrychydd in Clydau. The commote comprised the parishes of Bridell, Cilgerran, Clydau, Capel Colman, Llanfihangel Penbedw, Manordeifi and Penrydd, and the western part of Cilrhedyn Cilrhedyn is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llantood
Llantood (formerly ''Llantyd'', ''Llantwyd'' or ''Llan-Illtyd'') is a hamlet and parish in Cilgerran community, north Pembrokeshire, Wales. Location Llantood is south-west of Cardigan on the A487 Cardigan to Newport road near the north Pembrokeshire coast. It consists of a few houses, farms and a parish church on an open hill agricultural area averaging above sea level. Nearby settlements include Bridell, Glanrhyd, Monington, Pontgarreg and Tygwyn. History Evidence of prehistoric occupation can be seen by the remains of fortifications at Penralltddu, a scheduled monument, and at Castell Felinganol (or Castellfelorganol). The name of the hamlet is assumed to derive from the 5th century saint, Illtyd, to whom the parish church is now dedicated. Church records date back to 1674, and the parish was in the Hundred of Kilgerran (formed in 1536) even though it was in the Cemais administrative area. The region was occupied by the Normans in the 12th century, who built castles a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrydd
Penrydd (variously spelled Penrhydd, Penrhudd, Penrith, Penreth or Penrieth) is a former parish in the Hundred of Kilgerran, north Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish's history is closely linked with that of Castellan, and included parts of the present villages of Blaenffos and Crymych. History Church The parish, in the 1530s, was unique in Wales in furnishing the title of a suffragan see, namely Bishop of Penrydd, and an Inventory of Ancient Monuments explains how this may have come about. The parish is marked (as ''Penrith'') on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. The parish church of St Cristiolus (Church in Wales) existed at least as early as 1799, the earliest date from which parish register information has been garnered. From 1799 to 1858 the parish register is "Penrhydd with Castellan", Castellan being a chapelry at that time. The living in 1870 was described as ''"...a rectory in the diocese of St David's. Value £100. Patron, the Lord Chancellor"''. The church had been re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manordeifi
Manordeifi ( cy, Maenordeifi) is a parish and community in the hundred of Cilgerran, in the northeast corner of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The population of the community in 2001 was 478. It has an elected community council and is part of the Cilgerran electoral ward for the purposes of elections to Pembrokeshire County Council. In addition to scattered settlement, the parish contains the villages of Abercych and Newchapel ( cy, Capelnewydd), and many listed buildings and structures. History Manordeifi's old parish church, situated in the edge of the River Teifi floodplain at , was abandoned in favour of a new church built on the hill top in the nineteenth century. The old church (mainly 13th-14th century) preserves many old features. A coracle hangs in the porch, providing a means of escape during floods. Manordeifi (as ''Manerdve'') is marked on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. The population of the parish was: 745 (1801): 956 (1851): 631 (1901): 602 (1951): 402 (1981). The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfihangel Penbedw
Llanfihangel Penbedw is a parish in the former Hundred of Kilgerran in northeast Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish, a joint curacy with Capel Colman, in the Diocese of St David's in the Church in Wales, included the village of Boncath and part of the village of Blaenffos. The parish church is abandoned and the civil parish has been absorbed into Boncath Community. Name ''Llanfihangel'' refers to St Michael the Archangel, to whom the parish church is dedicated. ''Penbedw'' refers to a headland of birch trees, which relates to the similarly named ''Birkenhead'' on Merseyside. Penbedw has also been translated as ''birch-covered hill''. History The earliest recorded date of the parish is 1325, with the patronage before that date belonging to the Earl of Pembroke. Llanfihangel Penbedw (as ''Llanyhangel Penbedu'') appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. The living of the parish was presented to George Owen Harry (or Henry) in 1594 by George Owen, Lord of Cemais. Harry held th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capel Colman
Capel Colman is a parish in northeast Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the community of Boncath. Formerly in the Hundred of Cilgerran, Capel Colman is a small, rural parish of some surrounded by the larger parishes of Cilgerran, Manordeifi, Clydau, Penrydd and Llanfihangel Penbedw. The parish is in the Manordeifi group in the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's. The parish is named in some historical sources as Llangolman, but this is not to be confused with Llangolman, a village a few miles to the south of Capel Colman. History The recorded history of Capel Colman can be traced back at least to the 14th century, when it was a chapelry in the parish of Manordeifi. It was marked on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. In 1594 it was a Crown property which was subsequently abandoned until it was re-endowed by the Anglican Church in the 18th century. There was a parish school in Capel Colman: David Jones is listed as schoolmaster in 1737. The population of the parish in 1801 was 71, the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridell
Bridell ( cy, Y Bridell) is a small settlement and parish in north Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish includes the village of Pen-y-bryn. Together with the parishes of Cilgerran and Llantood, it is in the community of Cilgerran. Bridell Parish The Church in Wales parish of Bridell is on the A478, south of Cardigan and consists of a few private houses, the church (St David's) and Plas Bridell Manor house, a 19th-century mansion which, until 2019, was a nursing home. The derivation of the parish name is obscure. Lying on the western border of the cantref of Emlyn, it has always been essentially Welsh-speaking. Bridell (as ''Brydelthe'') appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. In the churchyard of St David's is a high stone cross whose inscription appears unreadable, but has been deciphered as ''Nettasagri maqi mucoi Briaci'', and commemorates a man named Nettasagri, the son of the kin of Briaci. The stone is believed to be 5th century, and was probably "Chritianised" w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clydau
Clydau (sometimes Clydaï or Clydey) is a community and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Name The meaning of the Welsh placename is uncertain, although the church is now dedicated to St. Clydaï, an alleged daughter of Brychan. History During the early Middle Ages, the settlement was the site of Llangeneu ('St Ceneus'), which was accounted one of the seven principal sees of Dyfed despite having no endowment of land. Cledau (as ''Cledye'') appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire. Josiah Thomas Jones (1799-1873), republican and Welsh nationalist, was born at CwmHir Farm, Clydau. He went on to publish many books and established several newspapers in English and Welsh, including the Aberdare Times. Settlement The settlement consists of a small group of properties around the parish church, southwest of Newcastle Emlyn and southeast of Cardigan. Community Although the settlement of Clydau is tiny, the community is large, encompassing several other settlements and/or parishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilgerran Castle
Cilgerran Castle ( cy, Castell Cilgerran) is a 13th-century ruined castle located in Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, near Cardigan. The first castle on the site was thought to have been built by Gerald of Windsor around 1110–1115, and it changed hands several times over the following century between English and Welsh forces. In the hands of William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, the construction of the stone castle began after 1223. After passing through successive families, it was left to ruin and eventually abandoned by 1400. The castle backs onto a cliff face, with the remaining ruins dating from the 13th century. It was most heavily fortified where it faces inland, and includes a pair of drum towers, rather than a central keep, which remain standing. It passed into the hands of the National Trust in 1938. It is open to the public on payment of an entry fee but times vary. Description The castle sits on a rocky promontory above the River Teifi, with one side directly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Marches
The Welsh Marches ( cy, Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods. The English term Welsh March (in Medieval Latin ''Marchia Walliae'') was originally used in the Middle Ages to denote the marches between England and the Principality of Wales, in which Marcher lords had specific rights, exercised to some extent independently of the king of England. In modern usage, "the Marches" is often used to describe those English counties which lie along the border with Wales, particularly Shropshire and Herefordshire, and sometimes adjoining areas of Wales. However, at one time the Marches included all of the historic counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. In this context the word ''march'' means a border region or frontier, and is cognate with the verb "to march," both ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilgerran
Cilgerran (previously Kilgerran or Cil-Garon) is both a village, a parish, and also a community, situated on the south bank of the River Teifi in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was formerly an incorporated market town. Among Cilgerran's attractions are Cilgerran Castle and annual coracle races. Kilgerran Halt was a stop on the former Whitland and Cardigan Railway. There are a number of listed buildings, including the parish church. Nearby are the hamlets of Llwyncelyn, Rhoshill, Cnwce, Pen-y-bryn, Carreg-wen and Pontrhydyceirt, and the villages of Llechryd and Boncath. Cilgerran Hundred derives its title from the former town, which was once the headquarters of the commote of ''Emlyn is Cuch'' (Emlyn below the River Cuch). Slate quarrying was an important activity in the 19th century. Location Cilgerran lies above sea level on the southern bank of the River Teifi. The stream ''Afon Plysgog'' which rises on nearby Rhoshill runs under the road to the west of Cilgerran to join the Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word ''borough'' probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points (Burhs); in order to maintain these particular settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly (and often differently) throughout the world. Often, a borough is a single town with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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