Llaufihangel-y-Creuddyn, Cardiganshire

Description
Llaufihangel-y-Creuddyn or Llanfihangel-y-Croy-ddyn, a village, two townships, and a parish in Cardiganshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Ystwyth, 3 miles NE of Llanilar station on the Manchester and Milford railway, and 7 1/2 SE by E of Aberystwyth, and has a post office under Aberystwyth; moneyorderoffice,Crosswood; telegraph office, Llanilar. The townships are Lower and Upper Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn. Acreage of Lower Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, 6638; population, 673. Acreage of Upper Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, 16,623; population, 1126. The parish consists of the two townships, and it includes the chapelry of Eglwys Newydd, which is conterminate with Upper Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, and has been separately noticed. The living is a vicarage, with Llantrisaint annexed, in the diocese of St David's; net value, £114 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. There are two Calvinistic chapels, with two small branch chapels, and two Wesleyan chapels in the parish.