Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales Genealogy

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Aberporth is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Ceredigion, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Cardiganshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Dyfed. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of Ceredigion.

History
In 1933: "ABERPORTH (ABER-PORTH), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5 1/2 miles (N. E.) from Cardigan, containing 485 inhabitants. This parish is pleasantly situated on the shore of Cardigan bay, St. George's channel, and in a small cove near the mouth of the river Howny, forming a commodious, though small port, which is a creek to the port of Cardigan." [From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833]

For further information on Aberporth see Genuki - Aberporth

Maps and Gazetteers
Vision of Britain - Aberporth