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-[[Wales]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cardiganshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cardiganshire Parishes]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Llangoedmawr
+[[Wales]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Ceredigion]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Llangoedmor
+A guide to genealogy in '''Llangoedmor''', with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.
+'''Llangoedmor''' is a village, [[Communities in Wales|community]] and ecclesiastical parish in [[Ceredigion]], [[Wales]].
+Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of [[Cardiganshire]] and, between 1974 and 1996 in the [[County of Dyfed]]. In 1996 it became part of the modern county of [[Ceredigion]].
+The redundant spelling of ''Llangoedmawr'' can be seen in older documents.
 === History  ===
-Alternately spelled Llangoedmor or Llangoedmawr. "LLANGOEDMORE (LLAN- GOEDMAWR), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (E.) from Cardigan, containing 1014 inhabitants.The name of this place, signifying " the church of the great wood,", is derived from its situation in a district abounding with timber of ancient and luxuriant growth, and with groves of stately oaks and other trees, for the number and beauty of which the immediate vicinity is eminently distinguished. Soon after the death Henry I, a memorable battle was fought near Crûg Mawr, a conical hill in this parish, between the Welsh, commanded by Grufydd ab Rhys and the English, in which the latter sustained a signal defeat. The parish is pleasantly situated on the river Teivy, on the turnpike road from Cardigan to Newcastle-Emlyn , and ....." [From Samuel Lewis's A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833] For more information see [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/Llangoedmor/ Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire at genuki.org.uk]<br>
+In 1833: "'''LLANGOEDMORE''' (LLAN-GOEDMAWR), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of TROEDYRAUR, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 2 miles (E.) from Cardigan, containing 1014 inhabitants.The name of this place, signifying " the church of the great wood,", is derived from its situation in a district abounding with timber of ancient and luxuriant growth, and with groves of stately oaks and other trees, for the number and beauty of which the immediate vicinity is eminently distinguished. Soon after the death Henry I, a memorable battle was fought near Crûg Mawr, a conical hill in this parish, between the Welsh, commanded by Grufydd ab Rhys and the English, in which the latter sustained a signal defeat. The parish is pleasantly situated on the river Teivy, on the turnpike road from Cardigan to Newcastle-Emlyn , and ....." [From Samuel Lewis' ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales'' 1833]
+For more information see [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CGN/Llangoedmor/ Llangoedmor] at Genuki.
-=== <br>Records  ===
+== Records  ==
-==== <br>Civil Registration  ====
+=== Civil Registration  ===
-==== <br>Church Records  ====
+=== Church Records  ===
-==== <br>Census Records  ====
+=== Census Records  ===
 {{British Census|464305}}
-==== <br>Probate Records  ====
+=== Probate Records  ===
-=== <br>Maps and Gazetteers  ===
+== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
-*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk Vision of Britain]
+*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6394 Llangoedmor] Vision of Britain]
-=== Web Sites <br><br> ===
+== Web Sites  ==
-[[Category:Cardiganshire Parishes]]
+[[Category:Ceredigion]] [[Category:Parishes_of_Historic_Cardiganshire]]