A History of Llanbadarn Fawr

By E.G. Bowen

A limited edition published under auspices of the Ysgol Cwmpadarn Centenary Celebration Joint committee. 
Gomer Press: 1979

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• Contents
• List of Maps and Diagrams
• List of Plates
• List of Appendices
• Index

CONTENTS

A History of Llanbadarn Fawr by E G Bowen M A, D Litt, LL D, D Univ, F S A
Sometime Gregynog Professor of Geography and Anthropology in the University of Wales
Foreword by Rt Rev John Richards Richards, M A, D D, LL D (Formerly Lord Bishop of St David's) 1979
First Published - December 1979  ©E G Bowen  ISBN 0 85088 502 7  Printed at Gomer Press, Llandyssul, Dyfed 

• INTRODUCTION    vii
• FOREWORD        xiii
• LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS       xviii
• LIST OF PLATES  xix
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS        xxi
• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY   xxii
• LIST OF APPENDICES      xxiii
• LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS     xxiv
• CHAPTER I - The Early Inhabitants       1
• CHAPTER II - A Celtic Christian Monastery       15
• CHAPTER III - Who was St. Padarn?       26
• CHAPTER IV - Bishop Sulien and his Family       35
• CHAPTER V - Llanbadarn receives a Royal Charter  41
• CHAPTER VI - The Church in the Middle Ages      48
• CHAPTER VII - The Visit of Gerallt Gymro        59
• CHAPTER VIII - Religious Life in Post-Reformation Times - The Church    66
• CHAPTER IX - Religious Life in Post-Reformation Times - Puritan & Non-conformist 79
• CHAPTER X - The Great Houses    90
• CHAPTER XI - Schools and Colleges       107
• CHAPTER XII - Occupations-Old and New   122
• CHAPTER XIII - Population and Administration    137
• CHAPTER XIV - Road versus Rail  154
• CHAPTER XV - Village Life       167
• APPENDIX A-N    189-229
• INDEX   231

LIST OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS

• Fig.    1       Implements and Burial Urns of the Bronze Age
• Fig.    2       Iron Age Hill Forts - Early phases
• Fig.    3       Pen Dinas and Proto-Llanbadarn
• Fig.    4       Distribution of B. 1 imported Eastern Mediterranean ware
• Fig.    5       Llanbadarn Fawr - probable site of early Christian Monastery
• Fig.    6       The Cult of St. Padarn in Mid-Wales
• Fig.    7       The Letavian Saints in Wales
• Fig.    8       Parish of Llanbadarn Fawr in the Middle Ages
• Fig.    9       Landowners in Llanbadarn Fawr Parish 1846
• Fig.    10      Land use in Llanbadarn Fawr Parish 1846
• Fig.    11      (a) Population numbers in Llanbadarn Fawr in the Nineteenth Century
                      (b) Inhabited Houses in Llanbadarn Fawr in the Nineteenth Century
• Fig.    12      Population Pyramids for 1851 and 1871 showing age and marital status
• Fig.    13      Settlement pattern in Llanbadarn Fawr 1846 showing road focus
• Fig.    14      Flow diagram of Buses and Trains through Llanbadarn Fawr - Summer Season 1975

LIST OF PLATES

• Frontispiece:   Llanbadarn in the time of St. Padarn.
                          Llanbadarn Fawr in 1979.
• Front end paper - Map of Llanbadarn Fawr  (William Couling, 1810, Nanteos Collection.)
• Back end paper - Map of Llanbadarn Fawr, 1797, Gogerddan Collection.
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• Plate I          Pen Dinas Hill Fort
• Plate II         Imported Mediterranean Pottery from Tintagel.
• Plate III        Pre-Norman Crosses in Churchyard before removal to inside of Church in 1916.
• Plate IV        Removal of High Cross to inside of Church 1916.
• Plate V         The four faces of the High Cross.
• Plate VI        The smaller Cross.
• Plate VII       The Monastery of St. Mochoai, Nendrum, Northern Ireland.
• Plate VIII      St. Padarn - an artist's impression.
• Plate IX        Page from St. Augustine's De Trinitate, copied at Llanbadarn by Ieuan ap Sulien.
• Plate X         Page of Rhygyfarch's Psalter 1079.
• Plate XI        King Edward I Charter, 28th December 1277 naming Llanbadar.
• Plate XII       Reconstruction of King Edward I Castle - 1277-1289.
• Plate XIII      Brogynin - Home of Dafydd ap Gwilym.
• Plate XIV      Statue of Giraldus Cambrensis in St. David's Cathedral.
• Plate XV       Llanbadarn Fawr in the Eighteenth Century.  
• Plate XVI      Llanbadarn Fawr Church in the Nineteenth Century.
• Plate XVII     Page from the Marriage Register of Parish Church 1826.
• Plate XVIII    Llanbadarn Fawr Church interior before modern restoration.
• Plate XIX      Llanbadarn Fawr Church interior showing East  Window 1979.
• Plate XX       Earliest Non-Conformist Chapels (Independent) at Zoar. Founded 1802.
• Plate XXI      Page From Zoar Baptismal Register 1815-1821.
• Plate XXII     Saron Calvanistic Methodist Chapel. Founded 1842.
• Plate XXIII    Page from Baptismal Register of Saron C.M.Chapel 1832-1843.
• Plate XXIV    Nanteos 1854.
• Plate XXV     Gogerddan 1822.
• Plate XXVI    Page from the Minutes of the Llanbadarn Fawr Court Leet 1848.
• Plate XXVII   Re-enactment of a meeting of the Lianbadarn Fawr Court Leet 1st December 1939.
• Plate XXVIII  Original site of Pen-y-fron School.
• Plate XXIX    Page from the Admissions Register, Penyfron Board School 1883-1884.
• Plate XXX     Cwmpadarn School 1897-1974.
• Plate XXXI    Cwmpadarn School, 1974-.
• Plate XXXII   Aerial photograph of Llanbadarn Fawr and College Campus.
• Plate XXXIII  Esgair Hir Lead and Silver Mine.
• Plate XXXIV   Llanbadarn Fawr Industrial Estate 1979.
• Plate XXXV    Map showing boundary between Issa'n Dre and Ucha'n Dre 1832.
• Plate XXXVI   Llanbadarn Fawr on John Ogilby's Road Map 1675.
• Plate XXXVII  "Ogilby Improved" - Ed. Emanuel Bowen 1724. Section showing Llanbadarn Fawr.
• Plate XXXVIII  Ty'r Abad and the Black Lion Inn. 1879.
• Plate XXXIX    Village Square, Llanbadarn Fawr. c. 1900.
• Plate XL           Llain-y-gawsai, c. 1900.
• Plate XLI         "Pegi Llwyd"-A Llanbadarn resident in "Welsh costume". c. 1860.
• Plate XLII        Mourners at Llanbadarn Church, 1808.
• Plate XLIII       An annual service at Lianbadarn Fawr War Memorial.
• Plate XLIV       The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show - Blaendolau Flats. 1957.

LIST OF APPENDICES

• A Removal and Re-erection of Stone Crosses, Llanbadarn Fawr.
• B Incumbents of Llanbadarn Fawr.
• C Translation of the Charter granted by King Edward I to the new Vill of 'Lanbadar'on the 28th December 1277.
• D Ministers of Zoar Independent Chapel.
• E Ministers of Saron Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
• F Headmasters and Headmistresses of Pen-y-Fron and Cwmpadarn Schools 1873-1979.
• G Inhabitants of Llanbadarn Fawr recorded in the 1851 Census Enumerators Books.
• H Survey of Tombstones in Llanbadarn Fawr Churchyard giving occupations.
• I Ucha'n Dre Parish Council - List of Chairmen 1896-1933.
• J Issa'n Dre Parish Council - List of Chairmen 1894-1933.
• K Llanbadarn Fawr Parish Council - List of Chairmen 1934-1973.
• L Llanbadarn Fawr Community Council - List of Chairmen 1974-to date.
• M Aberystwyth District Council - Parish representatives:
  (a) Issa'n Dre 1897-1934.
  (b) Ucha'n Dre 1897-1934.
  (c) Llanbadarn Fawr 1934-1974.
  Ceredigion District Council
  Llanbadarn Fawr 1974 - to date.
• N Cardiganshire County Council 1889-1974
  Dyfed County Council 1974 to date.
  Representatives of the Parish of Llanbadarn Fawr.

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