LLANSANTFRAID (LLAN-SANTFFRAID), a parish, in the union of ABERAERON, lower division of the hundred of ILAR, county of
CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 11 miles (S. by W.) from Aberystwith; containing 1222 inhabitants. The village, which is situated
on the road from Cardigan to Aberystwith, consists only of a few houses of mean appearance: the parish is noted for its
abundant produce of barley. The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and endowed with
£400 parliamentary grant; present net income, £91; patron, Bishop of St. David's; impropriators, Vicars Choral of St.
David's. The church, dedicated to St. Bridget, has been rebuilt, when fifty additional sittings were obtained, and is a
commodious edifice, agreeably situated near the shore of Cardigan bay. There are places of worship for Independents and
Calvinistic Methodists. From 50 to 60 boys and girls are instructed in a day school at the expense of their parents; and
80 children of both sexes are taught in one of Mrs. Bevan's circulating charity schools in connexion with the Established
Church. There are also three Sunday schools, in one of which are about 90 males and females, and in another 140, who
attend the Established Chureh; the other appertains to dissenters: they are conducted gratuitously by the members of the
congregations to which they belong. Leland has recorded the existence here of a large building, but he was unable to
determine whether or not it was the abbey of Llanfride, of which mention is made in the book "De Dotatione Ecclesia S.
Davidis." Giraldus also speaks of Llansanfride nunnery, but it is equally uncertain whether this was situated here.