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[[Wales]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Ceredigion]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Cellan  
[[Wales]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Ceredigion]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[Parishes of Historic Cardiganshire]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]Cellan  


A guide to genealogy in '''Cellan''', with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.  
A guide to genealogy in '''Cellan''', with information on where to find birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial records; census records; wills; cemeteries; maps; etc.  
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== History  ==
== History  ==


In 1833: "'''CELLAN''', a parish in the upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Lampeter, containing 465 inhabitants. This parish is situated in a mountainous district, on the banks of the river Teivy. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cardigan, and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at £5.7.8 1/2 endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of St.David's. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel: it contains two piscinae ,and the font is supported on a square pillar, on which is carved the face of a male saint. There are places of worship for Independents and Presbyterians..... "[From Samuel Lewis's ''A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833'']
CELLAN, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of MOYTHEN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Lampeter. This parish is situated in a mountainous district, on the banks of the river Teivy. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel: it contains two piscinae ,and the font is supported on a square pillar, on which is carved the face of a male saint. There are places of worship for '''Independents''' and '''Presbyterians'''.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47812#s1 A Topographical Dictionary of Wales]'' (1849), pp. 238-241. Adapted. Date accessed: 17 January 2014.</ref>


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== Web Sites  ==
== Web Sites  ==
== References ==
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