LLANVEDW, a township, in the parish of MICHAELSTON-LE-VEDW, union of NEWPORT, hundred of CAERPHILLY, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES, 5} miles (N. N. E.) from Cardiff; containing 337 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the river Romney, over which is a stone bridge, and comprises two ancient family seats, Ruperrah and Cevn Mably. The former, a substantial square stone mansion, is situated on an eminence and bat:kelt with stately groves, and is sheltered by the loftier heights towards the north, which form the southern boundary of the Vale of Caerphilly; it is the property of the Morgans of Tredegar, and generally the residence of the eldest son, having been in their possession from time immemorial; the present house was built after a design by Inigo Jones. Cevn Mably is the seat of C. K. Kemeys Tynte, Esq., an ancient Pembrokeshire family, to whose ancestors it has belonged for several generations: Sir Nicholas Kemeys, a member of this family, raised a thousand men in Glamorganshire, and joined the royalists, who were defeated at St. Fagan's by Cromwell, in 1648; be then retired to Chepstow Castle, which he defended with great gallantry for three weeks, until a breach was made in the walls by the heavy artillery under Colonel Pride, who thus obtained possession of that fortress; and Sir Nicholas is said to have been put to death with circumstances. of great cruelty. There is a day and Sunday school, commenced in 1827, in which 30 children are instructed by an endowment from the late Rev. Dr. Tate. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £495.8.3., subject to rates, averaging £48. 17. 6. per annum.