LLANVIHANGEL-YSTRAD (LLANFIHANGEL-YSTRAD), a parish, in the union of ABERAERON, upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN,
county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (N. W.) from Lampeter; comprising the Upper and Lower divisions, and containing
1225 inhabitants, of whom 634 are in the Upper, and 591 in the Lower, division. This parish, which is pleasantly situated
on the river Aeron, and on the turnpike-road from Lampeter to Aberystwith, is of considerable extent, reaching from the
beautiful Vale of Aeron almost to that of the Teivy, comprehending a rich variety of scenery, in many parts highly
picturesque, and embracing, especially from the higher grounds, several interesting and extensive views of the surrounding
country. The place formerly constituted a prebend in the college of Llandewy-Brevi, rated in the king's books at £7.
14.4., and is now an impropriation. The living is a discharged vicarage, rated at £4. 18. 14., and endowed with £678. 18.
6. parliamentary grant, and £200 royal bounty; present net income, £126; patron, Bishop of St. David's: the tithes have
been commuted for a rent-charge of £410, of which £282 are payable to the impropriator, and £128 to the vicar. The church,
dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient structure, consisting of a nave and north and south aisles; the nave is separated
from each of the aisles by a series of four pointed arches, supported on square pillars; the font is quadrangular, and is
placed on a short round column. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Unitarians; and two day
schools, in which 35 boys and 35 girls are instructed at the expense of their parents. In the southern part of the parish
is an intrenchment, called Cribyn Clottas, of which no particulars are recorded; and in a field designated Maes Mynach, is
an ancient stone, embellished with Runic ornaments, but without any inscription.