CRICKADARN, or CERRIG-CADARN (CRUG-CADARN), a parish, in the hundred of TALGARTH, county of BRECKNOCK, SOUTH WALES, 11
miles (W. by N.) from Hay, comprising the North and South divisions, each of which separately maintains its own poor, and
containing 397 inhabitants, of which number, 185 are in the North, and 212 in the South, division. The name of this parish
signifies a strong mount, and may have been derived from the situation of its church, which occupies the summit of a high
bank, overlooking the small river Clettwr, which flows into the Wye, at Errwd, on the road to Builth. The village is
situated on the river Wye, by which it is separated from the county of Radnor, and the high road from Hereford through the
Hay to Builth traverses the eastern part of the parish. The Clettwr, just above where it is crossed by a small bridge,
flows through a deep winding dingle, the sides of which are nearly precipitous, and are well clothed with wood from the
summit to the margin of the stream, presenting a strikingly picturesque scene. The living is an endowed discharged
vicarage, consolidated with that of Llandevalley, in the archdeaconry of Brecknock, and diocese of St. David's. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small ancient edifice, with a rnaspive tower, but destitute of architectural interest;
the interior contains the ancient rood-loft, which is of oak, ornardented with carvings in cinquefoil, and supported on
pillars. There is neither parsonage-house nor glebe land attached to the living. The registers of this parish, as well as
those of Llandevalley, were lost in the year 1792, prior to which date there are consequently no entries. There are places
of worship for Baptists and Independents. The Rev. David Williams, in 1712, bequeathed a rent-charge of £2, to be
distributed among eight poor people, to whom also, in 1721, Mrs. Lettice Parry bequeathed land producing £1 per annum, and
in the same year Mr. William Evans bequeathed a rent-charge of £5, which is annually distributed in bread among the poor
of the parish. The average annual expenditure for the support of the poor of the North division amounts to £126. 13., and
that of the South division to £86. 15.