Llanfair Clydogau, Cardiganshire

Description
Llanfair Clydogau, a parish in Cardiganshire, on the river Teifi, 8 1/2 miles NE of Lampeter. It has a post office, called Llanfair, under Lampeter (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Lampeter. Acreage, 4487; population, 512. The manors belong to the Earl of Lisburne and the Joneses. Lead mines in the neighbourhood have yielded a large quantity of silver. Copper ore is also found. The Teifi is crossed by a bridge here. Standing stones, cairns, and ancient camps abound in this parish, and in the neighbourhood one of Cel~ lan ; and indications exist of a junction with the Sarn Helen Roman Way. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's, held in conjunction with Llangybi; gross value, £156. There is a modern church.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5