Llangoedmor, Ceredigion, Wales Genealogy

Wales Cardiganshire  Cardiganshire Parishes Llangoedmawr

History
Alternately spelled Llangoedmor or Llangoedmawr. "LLANGOEDMORE (LLAN- GOEDMAWR), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (E.) from Cardigan, containing 1014 inhabitants.The name of this place, signifying " the church of the great wood,", is derived from its situation in a district abounding with timber of ancient and luxuriant growth, and with groves of stately oaks and other trees, for the number and beauty of which the immediate vicinity is eminently distinguished. Soon after the death Henry I, a memorable battle was fought near Crûg Mawr, a conical hill in this parish, between the Welsh, commanded by Grufydd ab Rhys and the English, in which the latter sustained a signal defeat. The parish is pleasantly situated on the river Teivy, on the turnpike road from Cardigan to Newcastle-Emlyn, and ....." [From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833] For more information see Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire at genuki.org.uk

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