LLANFIHANGEL-LLEDROD, or LLANFIHANGELLLETHYR-TROED, a parish in Tregaron district, Cardigan; on the river Ystwith, near a railway which was in course of formation in 18 66 from the Central Wales line to Aberystwith, and 7 miles NNW of Tregaron. It contains a village of its own name, and is divided into the townships of Lower Lledrod and Upper Lledrod; and its Post town is Aberystwith. Acres, 8, 69 2. Real property., £3,486. Pop., 1,125. Houses, 239. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Crown. Ffos-yBleddeiad was a seat of the Lloyds, and is now a farmhouse. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £112. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church contains a monument to the poet Evan Evans, author of "Specimens of the Welsh Bards; ''and was recently in disrepair.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))