Llanllwchaiam, Cardiganshire

Description
Llanllwchaiam, a parish in Cardiganshire, on the coast at New Quay Bay, 5 1/2 miles SW of Aberayron, and 14 N of Llandyssil station on the Carmarthen and Cardigan branch of the G.W.R. It contains the seaport and watering-place of New Quay, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Llandyssil. Acreage, 3194; population, 1787. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; net value, £161 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church is dedicated to St Llwchaiam, was rebuilt in 1865, and is in the Decorated style. There are Calvinistic Methodist, Congregational, and Baptist chapels. See NEW QUAY.

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