Llanfihangel-Cwmdû parish, and popula. included therein. + miles N.W. from Crickhowell.

miles N.W. from TREVECCA, in Talgarth parish, and popula. included therein." 3 miles distant S.

PENALLT-PRISK, in Llangattock parish, VRO, in Llanthetty parish, and popula.

PWLL-Y-WRACH, in Talgarth parish, YSTRADVELLTEY (Upper and Lower),

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CARDIGANSHIRE.

A COUNTY of South Wales, bounded on the |
North by Merionethshire and Montgo-
mery, on the East by Radnorshire and
Brecknockshire, on the South by Car-
marthenshire, and on the West by the
Irish sea. It is about 40 miles long,
and 20 broad. The principal river is
the Tivy. It is divided into five hun-
dreds; Geneurglyn, Har, Moddyn,
Pennarth, and Troedyroyr. It has five
market-towns; Aberystwyth, Cardigan,
Lampeter, and Tregaron. It is in
the PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, in
the DIOCESE OF ST. DAVID'S, and
in the SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. It sends
two members to parliament; one for the
shire, and one for the town of Cardigan.
The southern and western parts of this
county are more level than the gene-
rality of Wales, but in the northern
part it is mountainous, barren, and bleak.
In the level district, the higher parts
are of a sandy fertile loam, upon a sub-
stratum of a blue, slatey rock. In the
valleys the loam is much darker, and
is stiff and deep. The crops are princi-
pally wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and
potatoes. The northern district of the
county is composed of bleak, dreary
hills, which are either waste, middling
pasture, or plantation. The waste and
the pasture afford grazing of poor qua-
lity for an innumerable quantity of the
little black cattle which we see in
almost every fair in England, and which,
from their superior hardiness, are used
as milch cows in some of the bleakest
parts of our country. Very large flocks
of a small kind of sheep are also pas-
tured on these bills. There are lead
mines in the neighbourhood of Aberyst-
with, which formerly produced cop-
siderable quantities of silver.
chief commerce of the county consists
of its exports of this lead, of wheat,
oats, and butter, all to the Bristol
markets. Coarse stockings and flannels
are the only manufactures, and these
are chiefly for home use.

The

ABER-AERON, in Llann-ddewi-Aber-arth parish, and popula. included therein. 1 mile distant S.W.

ABERARTH.-See Llandewi-Aberarth.

ABER-PORTH, 6 miles N.E. from Car-
digan. Popula. 505.
ABERYSTWITH, in Llanbadarn-Fawr
parish, and popula. included therein.
210 miles from London. Market, Mon.;
fairs, Monday before Easter, Dec. 18.
ARGOED, in Caron parish, and popula.
included therein.

BANGOR, 13 miles S.E. from Cardigan,
and 4 miles E. from Newcastle. Po-
pula. 211.
BERWYN, in Caron parish, and popula.
included therein. 7 miles distant S.E.
BETTWS-BLEDDWS, 2 miles N. from
Lampeter. Popula. 216.
BETWYS-EVAN, 9 miles N.E. from Car-
digan. Popula. 402.
BETTWS-LEIKI, 5 miles W. from
Tregaron. Popula. 355.
BLAEN-AÊRON, in Caron parish, and
popula. included therein.
BLAEN-CARON, in Caron parish, and
popula. included therein. Situate near
the Tivy river.
BLAEN-PENAL, in Llan-ddewr-brefi pa-
rish, and popula. included therein. 6
miles N.W. from Tregaron.
BLAEN-PORTH, 5 miles E.N.E. from
Cardigan. Popula. 695.
BRONCASTELLAN, in Llanbadarn-Fawr
parish, and popula. included therein.
Situate over the Ridol river.

BRONGWYN, 7 miles E. from Cardigan.
Popula. 360.
BUILTH.-See Llanfair.
CAELAN-Y-MAESMOR, in Llanfihangel-
Geneur-Glynn parish, and popula. in-
cluded therein.

CARDIGAN, 239 miles N.W. from Lon-
don. It has the one parish of St. Mary.
Popula. 2,397. Markets, Tuesday and
Saturday. Fairs, Feb. 13, April 5,
small horses and pedlar's wares. Sept.
8, Dec. 19, ditto and cattle. A corpo-
rate town, having a mayor, two bailiffs,
and twelve aldermen. Sends one mem-
ber to parliament; right of election in

LLANBADARN-Y-CROYDDIN (Isaf), in Llanbadarn-Fawr parish, and popula. included therein.

LLANBADARN-Y-CROYDDIN(Uchaf), in Llanbadarn-Fawr parish, and popula. included therein.

GARTH, in Llan-ddewi-brefi parish, and LLANBEDER.-See Lampeter.

LLAN-DDWI-ABER-ARTH, 13 miles LLANGYNLLO, 4 miles N.E. from New

S.S.W. from Aberystwith. Popula. 833.
LLAN-DDEWR-BREFI, 3 miles S. from
Tregaron. Popula. 2,309. Here there
was a College, founded in the year 1187,
by Thomas Beck, Bishop of St. David's,
in honour of St. David, who preached at
a Council held in 519, and thereby ex-
tinguished the Pelagian heresy; rents
38. 11s., now worth 771.
LLAN-DDINOL, 6 miles S. from Aberyst-
with. Popula. 219.
LLAN-DISILIO-GOGE (Lower and Up-
per), 13 miles N. E. from Cardigan.
Popula. 1,317.

LLAN-DY-FRIOG, 11 miles S. E. from
Cardigan, and 1 E. from Newcastle.
Popula. 836.

LLAN-DY-GWYDD,.4 miles S.E. from
Cardigan. Popula. 1,006.
LLANDYSSUL - YWCH - KERDIN, 12
miles S. W. from Lampeter. Popula.
2,525. Fairs, Feb. 11, Palm-Thursday,
small horses, sheep, and pedlary; Sept.
19, cattle, horses, and sheep.
LLAN-ERCH-AYRON, 6 miles N. W.
from Lampeter. Popula. 270.
LLANFAIR-CLYDOGAN, 24 miles N.E.
from Lampeter. Popula. 390.
LLAN-FAIR-ORLLWYN, 4 miles S. from
Aberystwith. Popula. 378.

LLAN-FAIR-TREF-HELYGON, 11 miles
E. from Cardigan, and 3 N.E. from
Newcastle. Popula. 103.
LLANFIHANGEL-Y-CROYDDIN (Isaf
and Uchaf), 6 miles S.E. from Aberyst-
with. Popula. 1,766.
LLANFIHANGEL-GENEUR -GLYNN,
6 miles S.E. from Aberystwith. Popula.
3,261.

LLANFIHANGEL-LETHYR-FROED, 9
miles S.E. from Aberystwith. Popula.
1,141.

LLANFIHANGEL-YSTRAD (Lower and
Upper), 6 miles N.W. from Lampeter.
Popula. 1,014.

LLAN-GEITHO, 4 miles W. from Trega-
ron. Popula. 332.
LLANGOEDMORE, 14 mile E. from
Cardigan. Popula. 941.
LLAN-GRANOG, 2 miles S.E. from Car-
digan. Popula. 829.

LLANGRWYDDON, 5 miles S.E. from

Aberystwith. Popula. 601. LLAN-GYBY, 3 miles N.W. from Lampeter. Popula. 219.

Į castle. Popula. 599.

LLAN-ILAR (Lower and Upper), 6 miles
S.E. from Aberystwith. Popula. 909.
LLAN-INA, 2 miles N.E. from Lampeter.
Popula. 439.

LLANIO, in Llan-ddewr-brefi parish, and
popula. included therein. 1 mile dis-
tant W.
LLAN-LLWCHAIARN, 16 miles N.W.
from Lampeter. Popula. 966.
LLAN-NON, in Llan-saint-ffraed parish,
and popula. included therein. 1 mile
distant S.W.

LLANRHYSTYD, 9 miles W. from Lam-
peter. Popula. 1,375.
LLAN-SAINT-FFRAED, 10 miles S.S.W.
from Aberystwith. Popula. 1,172.
LLAN-WENOG (Lower and Upper), 54
miles S.W. from Lampeter. Popula.
1,436. Fair, Jan. 14, cattle, horses,
and pigs.

LLAN-WNEN, 3 miles S.W. from Lam-
peter. Popula. 277. Fair, Dec. 24,
cattle, horses, cheese, and pedlary.
LLAN-YCH-AIARN, 3 miles S. from
Aberystwith. Popula. 630.
LECH-RHYD, 3 miles S.E. from Cardi-
gan. Popula. 338.

LLEDROD (Isaf), in Llanfihangel-Llethyr
Froed parish, and popula. included
therein. 9 miles S.E. from Aberystwith.
LLEDROD (Uchaf), in Llanfihangel-
Llethyr-Froed parish, and popula. in-
cluded therein.

MELIN-DWR, in Llanbadarn-Fawr pa-
rish, and popula. included therein.
MEVENIDD, in Llanrhystyd parish, and
popula. included therein.

MOUNT, 3 miles N. from Cardigan. Po-
pula. 172.
NANTCWNLLE, 7 miles W, from Tre-
garon. Popula. 635.
PARCEL-CANOL, in Llanbadarn-Fawr
parish, and popula, included therein.
PEN-BYRN, 74 miles N.E. from Cardigan.
Popula. 1,537.

PRYSK, in Llan-ddewr-brefi parish, and
popula. included therein.
RHOSDIE, 118 miles N.W. from London.
Popula. 136.

SCYBOR-Y-COED, in Llanfihangel-Ge-
nem-Glyan parish, and popula. included
therein,

SILIAN, 1 mile N. from Lampeter, Po- TYR-Y-MYNACH, in Llanfihangel-Gepula. 246.

newr-Glynn parish, and popula. includ

ed therein.

UCHAYN-Y-DRÊ, in Llanbadarn-Fawr parish, and popula. included therein. VAINOR-ISSA, in Llanbadarn-Fawr parish, and popula. included therein.

Popula. 361.

TRE-CEFEL, in Caron parish, and popula. VAINOR-UCHAF, in Llanbadarn-Fawr included therein. parish, and popula. included therein. TREFEIRIG, in Llanbadarn-Fawr parish, VERWICK, 3 miles N. from Cardigan. and popula. included therein. TREFILAN, 6 miles N.W. from Lampeter. Popula. 278. TREF-Y-COED, in Lampeter-pont-Stephen parish, and popula. included therein. TREF-LYNN, in Caron parish, and popula. included therein.

TREGARON.-See Caron.

TREMAIN, 4 miles N.E. from Cardigan.
Popula. 240.

TROED-YR-AUR (Lower and Upper), 9
miles E. from Cardigan. Popula. 923.

YN-Y-DRE-ISSA, in Llanbadarn-Fawr pa
rish, and popula. included therein.
YSTRAD, in Llan-ddewr-brefi parish, and
popula. included therein.

YSTRAD, in Caron parish, and popula. in-
Icluded therein.

YSPYTTY-YSTRAD-MEIRIC, 5 miles
N. from Tregaron. Popula. 114. Fair,
July 2, pigs, wool, and pedlary.
YSPYTTY-YSTWYTH, 7 miles N.E.
from Tregaron. Popula, 339.

CARMARTHENSHIRE.

A COUNTY of South Wales, bounded on the north by the Severn Sea, or St. George's Channel; on the east by Brecknock and Glamorgan; on the south by Cardiganshire; and on the west by Pembrokeshire. It is 40 miles long, and 20 broad. The chief rivers are Towy, the Cothy, and the Tave. It is divided into eight hundreds, namely, Carnwallon, Carthinog, Cayo, Derilis, Elvett, Iskewnen, Kirkwelly, and Perfedd. It has one

borough, and four other market-towns, namely, Carmarthen (the borough), Kidwelly, Llandilo-faur, Llandovery, and Newcastle. It is in the PROVINCE of CANTERBURY, in the DIOCESE of ST. DAVID'S, and in the SOUTHERN CIR

ward, on the borders of Glamorganshire, A large part of the county is waste, it is pretty well wooded, and a great part of the cultivated part is still uninclosed. With the exception of the mere mountains, it is generally fertile, and the farmers are esteemed the best in Wales. Great efforts have been made of late years to improve the course of agriculture by gentlemen inviting Norfolk farmers to live under them; and in the breed of oxen and sheep, the cattle from Herefordshire, and the sheep of that county and of the South Downs, have been introduced for the purpose of effecting improvement. The mountains are barren of wood, but they supply a moderate living to very large flocks of small sheep. The native oxen and horses are also small, but are bred in great numbers by the Carmarthenshire farmers. Here are coal-mines, and excellent quarries of stone. Its commerce consists in exports of wrought-iron, coals, and stone, with some corn and butter, for the Bristol market. The manufactures consist (ex