Llangorwen, Cardiganshire
Historical Description
Llangorwen, an ecclesiastical parish in Llanbadarn Fawr parish, Cardiganshire, near Aberystwyth. It was constituted in 1842, and its post town is Aberystwyth. Population, 361. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £222.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Aberystwyth | 1934 - 1936 |
Registration district | Cardiganshire North | 1936 - 1974 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cardiganshire is online.
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cardiganshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Llangorwen are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: