Llanfarian is a village,

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and

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in the district

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, Mid-

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, south of the administrative centre

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. Llanfarian village lies above the banks of the river Ystwyth in the Ystwyth Valley. The community – which includes the villages of

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and Glanyrafon, and the hamlets of Chancery and

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– had a population of 1,541 at the 2011 census.

Amenities

Llanfarian is at the western edge of the

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. Llanfarian has one

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, Ysgol Llanfarian. A school at Chancery is referred to in a

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children's evacuation account.

Historical notes

The now disused and dismantled

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stopped here at Llanrhystud Road station.

Government

Llanfarian had a representative on

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from the formation of the authority in 1889. The first member was Morris Davies, a local farmer, who defeated Matthew Vaughan Davies of Tanybwlch by fifteen votes. Both stood as Conservative candidates. By the next election in 1892, Vaughan Davies had converted to the Liberal Party and captured the seat which he held for many years. In 1895, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire.

Notable residents

* Matthew Vaughan Davies of Tanybwlch, landowner and politician * Peter Walter Davies of the Welsh Kite Trust

References

External links

Photographs of Llanfarian
– Ceredigion County Council, archived in March 2016
Dismantled railway bridge

Video clips of old railway in action

Ystwyth Trail route
{{authority control Villages in Ceredigion