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Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, the Glossary

Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn is an ancient parish in the upper division of the hundred of Ilar, Ceredigion, West Wales, 7 miles south east from Aberystwyth, on the road to Rhayader, comprising the chapelry of Eglwys Newydd, or Llanfihangel y Creuddyn Uchaf, and the township of Llanfihangel y Creuddyn Isaf.^[1]

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38 relations: Abbey, Aberystwyth, Afon Mynach, Afon Rheidol, Ceredigion, Ceredigion (Senedd constituency), Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency), Cistercian Way (Wales), Cistercians, Community (Wales), Cwmystwyth, Cwmystwyth Mines, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion, Dissolution of the monasteries, Dyfed, Elizabeth I, English Reformation, Hafod Uchtryd, Henry VIII, High Sheriff of Cardiganshire, Hundred (county division), List of hundreds of Wales, Llanfair Clydogau, Llanilar, Michael (archangel), Mile, Parish, Pont-rhyd-y-groes, Poor relief, River Ystwyth, Solomon & Gaenor, Strata Florida Abbey, Thankful Villages, Trawsgoed, Welsh language, West Wales, World War I, Ysbyty Ystwyth.
History of Ceredigion

Abbey

An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.

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Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Afon Mynach

Afon Mynach (also known as the River Mynach) is a river in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Afon Rheidol

Afon Rheidol (also known as the River Rheidol) is a river in Ceredigion, Wales, in length.

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Ceredigion

Ceredigion, historically Cardiganshire, is a county in the west of Wales. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Ceredigion are history of Ceredigion.

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Ceredigion (Senedd constituency)

Ceredigion is a constituency of the Senedd.

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Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)

Ceredigion Preseli is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

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Cistercian Way (Wales)

The Cistercian Way is a waymarked, long-distance trail which circumnavigates Wales, linking the Cistercian historic sites of Wales.

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Cistercians

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.

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A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Cwmystwyth

Cwmystwyth (also Cwm Ystwyth,; "valley of the River Ystwyth") is a village in Ceredigion, Wales near Devil's Bridge, and Pont-rhyd-y-groes. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Cwmystwyth are villages in Ceredigion.

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Cwmystwyth Mines

Cwmystwyth mines are located in Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales and exploited a part of the Central Wales Orefield. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Cwmystwyth Mines are history of Ceredigion.

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Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion

Devil's Bridge (Pontarfynach, lit. "The bridge on the Mynach") is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion are villages in Ceredigion.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Dyfed

Dyfed is a preserved county in southwestern Wales.

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Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.

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Hafod Uchtryd

Hafod Uchtryd (Uchtryd summer mansion) is a wooded and landscaped estate in the Ystwyth valley in Ceredigion, Wales. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Hafod Uchtryd are history of Ceredigion.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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High Sheriff of Cardiganshire

The office of High Sheriff of Cardiganshire was established in 1541, since when a high sheriff was appointed annually until 1974 when the office was transformed into that of High Sheriff of Dyfed as part of the creation of Dyfed from the amalgamation of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and high Sheriff of Cardiganshire are history of Ceredigion.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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List of hundreds of Wales

In Wales a similar Celtic system of division called cantrefi (a hundred farmsteads) had existed for centuries and was of particular importance in the administration of the Welsh law.

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Llanfair Clydogau

Llanfair Clydogau is a small village and community encompassing, located about north-east of Lampeter on the B4343 road, in Ceredigion, Wales. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Llanfair Clydogau are villages in Ceredigion.

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Llanilar

Llanilar is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about southeast of Aberystwyth. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Llanilar are villages in Ceredigion.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael, also called Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael and Saint Michael the Taxiarch is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i faith.

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Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Pont-rhyd-y-groes

Pont-rhyd-y-groes (also known as Pontrhydygroes, the bridge of the ford of the cross) is a village near Cwm Ystwyth and Pont ar Fynach (Devil's Bridge), in Ceredigion, Wales. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Pont-rhyd-y-groes are villages in Ceredigion.

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Poor relief

In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.

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River Ystwyth

The River Ystwyth (Afon Ystwyth) is a river in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Solomon & Gaenor

Solomon & Gaenor (Solomon a Gaenor) is a 1999 Welsh film written and directed by British filmmaker Paul Morrison.

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Strata Florida Abbey

Strata Florida Abbey (Abaty Ystrad Fflur) is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. Llanfihangel y Creuddyn and Strata Florida Abbey are history of Ceredigion.

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Thankful Villages

Thankful Villages (also known as Blessed Villages) are settlements in England and Wales from which all their members of the armed forces survived World War I. The term Thankful Village was popularised by the writer Arthur Mee in the 1930s; in Enchanted Land (1936), the introductory volume to The King's England series of guides, he wrote that a Thankful Village was one which had lost no men in the war because all those who left to serve came home again.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfihangel_y_Creuddyn

Also known as Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn.

Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, the Glossary

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History of Ceredigion

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