LLANYCHAERON (LLAN-UWCH-AgRON, a parish, in the union of ABERAERON, upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, county of
CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 11 miles (N. W.) from Lampeter; containing 236 inhabitants. The name of this place, signifying "
the church above the Abron," is derived from its situation upon that river, which falls into Cardigan bay, a few miles
west-north-westward, at Aberabron. Its surface is richly wooded, forming an agreeable contrast to the rugged and barren
hills of the surrounding district; and the scenery is finely diversified, combining a pleasing variety of fertility and
luxuriance. Llanychairon House is an elegant modern mansion, delightfully situated in the Vale of Abron, commanding a fine
view of that river, and embosomed in well-wooded grounds, skirted by a small park. The entire lands are in a high state of
cultivation; the meadows afford rich pasturage; the cottages are neatly and substantially built; and the whole parish,
enlivened by the windings of the river Aeron, has a prepossessing appearance, scarcely known in other parts of the county.
.The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £1200 parliamentaryt; net income, £73; alternate
patrons, the Earl of Lisburne and Major Lewis, the impropriators, whose tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of
£120. The impropriate rectory formerly constituted a prebend in the Collegiate Church of Llandewy-Brevi, rated in the
king's books at £3. 1. 0. The church, dedicated to Non, one of the most distinguished female saints of Wales, and mother
of St. David, is a very neat edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a tower; it is beautifully situated in a very
picturesque spot, and was erected at the joint expense of the inhabitants, and of Major Lewis, who built a very neat house
for the minister, at his own cost, in a pleasant situation within a short distance of Llanychabron House. There is a day
school, in which about 35 children of both sexes are instructed at the expense of their parents.