LLANGEITHO (LLAN-GEITHO), a parish, in the union of TREGARON, lower division of the hundred of PENARTH, county of CARDIGAN,
SOUTH WALES, 8 miles (N. by E.) from Lampeter; containing 431 inhabitants. This parish is beautifully situated on the
river Abron, and comprehends an extensive tract of country, abounding with richly diversified scenery, combining almost
every variety of rural and picturesque beauty. It is bounded on the south by the Abron, on the north by the chapelry of
Blaen-Penal, on the east by the parish of Llandewy-Brevi, and on the west by Llanbadarn-Odwynne; and comprises about 3000
acres, of which two-thirds are arable, and the remainder pasture, with the exception of about 100 acres of woodland,
producing chiefly oak and ash. The lands are inclosed, and the soil fertile and productive, and most of the farmers are
the owners of the grounds they cultivate; the principal agricultural produce is barley and oats. The village of
Llangeitho, strictly speaking in the neighbouring parish of LlandewyBrevi, is sheltered nearly on all sides by hills of
varied aspect of which the declivities and summits are in some parts richly clothed with wood of luxuriant growth, and in
others covered with verdure; and in that part of it which is not shut in by the surrounding hills, commands a fine
prospect, of the beautiful Vale of the Abron. The old mansions of Court Mawr, and Parkea, are in the parish, the latter,
the residence of an ancient family, but the former at present in the occupation of a farmer. Fairs are held on March 14th,
May 7th, August 4th, October 9th, and the first Monday after November 12th. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in
the king's books at £6, and endowed with £200 royal bounty; present gross income, £154, with a glebe-house; patron,
Bishop of St. David's: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £115, subject to rates, averaging £28. 7. per
annum; and there is a glebe of above 20 acres, valued at £20 per annum. The church, dedicated to St. Ceitho, and rebuilt
in the year 1819, is a neat edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, and is romantically situated on an isolated and
richly-wooded spot, separated from the village by the river Aoron; it is appropriately fitted up, and contains about forty
sittings, nearly all free, but it is not distinguished by any architectural details of importance. In the centre of the
village is a large place of worship for Calvinistic Methodists, who have also a Sunday school, in which. 50 children are
instructed gratuitously. The Rev.. Daniel Rowland was for some years rector of this parish, and was greatly esteemed as a
popular preacher; but, from teaching particular tenets, he was suspended from the exercise of his pastoral functions, and
became the founder of a sect, first called after him 44 Rowlandists," but now Calvinistic Methodists, and which is still
numerous in this part of the principality; he died on the 10th of October, 1790, aged seventy-seven, and was interred in
the churchyard of the parish; and a plain stone monument to his memory is affixed to the wall of the church, on the
outside. In 1777, Mary Griffiths, widow, granted £600, with which a farm of 1:33 acres, named Gellyddewi, in the parish of
Pencarreg, was purchased, producing £50 per annum, for the benefit of the poor of the Calvinistic Methodists of this
place, and Talley, Llansawel, Convil, Cayo, and Llanvynydd: the portion received by this parish amounts to from £15 to
£20 per annum.