TROEDYRAUR (TROED-YR-AUR), a parish, composed of the Upper and Lower divisions, in the union of NEWCASTLE-EMLYN, upper
division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Newcastle-Emlyn;
coirtaining 1062 inhabitants, of which number, 601 are in the Upper, and 461 in the Lower, The ancient name of this place,
Llanviimiagel-Trev-Deyrn, was derived from the dedication of its church to St. Michael, and from its having been the
residence of some royal personage, perhaps a prince of Ceredigion: its present appellation of Treedymer, signifying "the
foot of gold," originated in an opinion that gold was formerly procured at the foot of the eminence on which the church is
situated. The parish is intersected by the direct road from Lampeter to Cardigan, and comprises a very considerable tract
of amble and pasture land, of which, with the exception of a comparatively small portion, the whole is inclosed; and the
surrounding scenery, though not distinguished by any peculiarity of features, is pleasingly enlivened with the grounds and
plantations of some gendemen's seats in the vicinity. Troedyraur House, the family seat of the Rev. Thomas Bowen, the
present incumbent, who has distinguished himself as an enlightened and successful agriculturist, is a spacious mansion,
beautifully situated; and Alderbrook Hall, the seat of John Lloyd Williams, Esq., by whom it was erected, is also a
handsome house, on an eminence above the church, commanding some good views, and is environed with thriving and extensive
plantations, which are highly ornamental to the neighbourhood. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's
books at £13, and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £905, subject to
rates, averaging £5 per annum; and there is a glebe of 12 acres, valued at £12 per annum. The church, dedicated to St.
Michael, is a neat modern structure, erected in the year 1795, by subscription among the parishioners, under the
superintendence of the rector, who has recently added to it a very neat porch at his own expense. Here was formerly an
ancient chapel, called TiiT Gwtn, upon the site of which a neat laparsonage-house has been built by the present rector.
lriseoriel are two places of worship for Calvinistic Me ihodists, and one for Presbyterians; and a schoolhouse has been
built at the cost of the parishioners, containing two rooms, in which about 40 boys are gratuitously instructed, at the
expense of the incumbent. A tunnies in this parish, called Crtig Mawry was opened in the year 1820, under the direction of
the Rev. Thomas Bowen, upon whose estate it is situated, and was found to contain two earthen vases, and two
lachryniatories: one of the vases, soon after its exposure, crumbled to pieces; the other, together with the
laohrymatories, was presented to the museum at Oxford. This tumulus was on one side of a causeway, supposed to be a part
of a Roman road.