LLANGRANOG (LLAN-GARANOG), a parish, in the union of NEWCASTLE-EMLYN, lower division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 20 miles (W. by N.) from Lampeter; containing 884 inhabitants. This place derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Caranog, who flourished towards the close of the sixth century, and is said to have had a small chapel or oratory among the rocks on this part of the coast, where he spent his days in religious seclusion. The parish is pleasantly situated on the shore of Cardigan bay, by which it is bounded on the north-west, and on the turnpike- road from Cardigan to Aberystwith. The village is seated in a deep dingle, sheltered by hills on each side, and opening at one extremity towards the sea; and its situation on the bay of Cardigan, affording excellent opportunities for sea- bathing, occasionally attracts to it a few visiters during the summer season. The surrounding scenery is pleasingly diversified; and from the higher grounds are obtained fine views, extending over the bay and the adjacent country. At some distance above the village stands Pigeonsford, formerly the seat of the family of Parry. The herring fishery is carried on to a considerable extent during the season; and in the trade of limestone and culm, the former being burnt into lime on the sea-shore, from eight to ten small vessels are generally engaged, in the management of which from twenty to thirty men are occupied. Below the village is a small creek, affording shelter to the craft employed in the fishery, and also a facility of communication with other places on the coast. A fair is held on May 27th. The living is a vicarage, not in charge, annexed to that of Lrandysilio-Gogo, and endowed with £600 parliamentary grant: the commutation for the tithes of Llangranog amounts to £240, of which £130 are payable to the treasurer of the cathedral church of St. David's, and £110 to the vicar, the latter sum subject to rates, averaging £20. 10. per annum; and there is also a glebe of 60 acres, valued at £42 per annum. The church is a neat plain edifice, without either tower or spire, consisting of a nave and chancel, separated by a pointed arch; the font is square, and is supported by a circular pillar. A small but elegant vicarage- house has been recently built on the glebe land, partly at the expense of the incumbent under Gilbert's Act. There are places of worship for Baptists and Independents. A school, commenced in 1829, and containing about 100 children of both sexes daily, and 40 on Sundays, is supported by the trustees of Mrs. Bevan's charity, who pay the master a salary of £20; and there are two Sunday schools, one appertaining to the Independents, in which 200, and the other to Baptists, in which 60, males and females are instructed gratuitously by the most experienced mbmbers of the respective congregations. Above the small harbour is a rock, which, from its fancied resemblance to a large chair, has obtained the appellation of 66Eisteddva Cranwg;" though by some writers the name is supposed to be derived from its having been anciently a place of meeting for the bards; and on the summit of an eminence in the immediate vicinity is a large tumulus, in form resembling an inverted pan, and thence called Pen Mod Baden.