ATPAR, a borough and township, in the parish of LLANDYVRIOG, upper division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, adjoining the town of Newcastle-Emlyn. The population is returned with the parish. This place was formerly one of the contributory boroughs within the county, which were united in returning one member to parliament ; but, according to Dr. Meyrick, it forfeited its franchise by misconduct, and was deprived of the privilege by a vote of the House of Commons, in 1742: it has, however, by the bill for amending the representation of the people in England and Wales, been restored to the enjoyment of the elective franchise, and, in conjunction with Aberystwith and Lampeter, shares with Cardigan in the return of one member: the right of election is vested in every male person of full age occupying, as owner, or as tenant under the same landlord, a house or other premises of the clear yearly value of not less than ten pounds, provided he be capable of registering as the act directs: the number of these tenements within the limits of the borough, which are minutely described in the Appendix to this work, is sixty-eight: the mayor of Cardigan is the returning officer. The borough, which is said to have been a borough by prescription, was anciently governed by a portreeve, recorder, and two bailiffs: the burgesses were made upon the presentment of a jury, which consisted apparently of the proprietors of bur-gages, and were accustomed to vote, whether resident or not, for the election of a member: at present there are no burgesses alive. A belief prevails amongst the inhabitants that the charter was destroyed by a fire which occurred within the memory of some now living, in which, there can be no doubt, many of the documents of the borough perished. Atpar is situated on the northern bank of the river Teivy, and is connected, by means of a stone bridge across that river, with Newcastle- Emlyn, of which town it is usually considered as forming part. It comprises within its limits an elegant villa, called Atpar Hill, the seat of John Beynor, Esq. of residence; and within its circumscribed limits, in addition to the many neat cottages which are profusely scattered over its surface, there is a greater number of gentlemen's seats than is usually found in so small a parish. The village has an air of rural simplicity, and a prepossessing appearance of cheerfulness and tranquillity. The soil is of different kinds, part being meadow and grazing land of good quality, and some tolerably good arable land; but the greater portion of the parish consists of mountainous ground, affording pasturage for sheep, and on the side next the sea are extensive banks and plains of sand. There are several veins of coal, of a good bituminous quality, of which some are worked; and a considerable quantity of fire clay is obtained, part of which is used in the manufacture of earthenware, and part conveyed to the different copper-works in the neighbourhood, together with some iron-ore, which is smelted at the Neath Abbey iron-works. A creek, called Baglan Pill, which falls into the Neath a little below Briton-Ferry, affords a facility for conveying the produce of the mines, and other commodities, in small craft of from twenty to thirty tons' burden. The living is a consolidated vicarage with that of Aberavon, both of which are endowed with the great tithes, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaf. The church, dedicated to St. Baglan, is a neat and appropriate building, and the churchyard is shaded with yew trees of luxuriant growth. A small sum of £2 per annum, chargeable upon the turnpike trust, is annually distributed among the poor. Of the gentlemen's seats with which the parish is decorated, the principal are, Baglan House, the property of the Earl of Jersey, and the residence of Watkin Homfray, Esq., once the residence of the Rev. William Thomas, by whom it was built, the friend of Mason and Gray, who were his occasional visitors; Baglan Hall, the seat of Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.; Baglan Cottage and Greenfield Lodge, two ornamental cottage residences on the road side, both the property of that gentleman; and Baglan Lodge, the property of the Rev. Edward Thomas, patron and incumbent of Aberavon cum Baglan. Mynydd Gaer, in this parish, a small circular intrenchment, is supposed to have been either of British or of Danish origin. There is a separate assessment for the support of the poor of each portion of the parish, the average annual expenditure of the Higher division being £85. 6., and of the Lower £ 85. 3.