Cardiganshire, Wales Genealogy: Difference between revisions

  [[Image:WalesCardiganshireTrad.png|thumb|200px]] '''Cardiganshire''' (Welsh: '''Sir Aberteifi''' or '''Ceredigion''') was one of thirteen historic counties of Wales. It was a maritime county, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea, to the north by [[Merionethshire, Wales|Merionethshire]], to the east by [[Montgomeryshire, Wales|Montgomeryshire]], [[Radnorshire, Wales|Radnorshire]] and [[Breconshire, Wales|Breconshire]], and to the south by [[Carmarthenshire, Wales|Carmarthenshire]] and [[Pembrokeshire, Wales|Pembrokeshire]]. The county was created in the 1240s. The '''administrative county of Cardiganshire''', with an elected county council, was created in '''1889''' by the Local Government Act 1888. The county was governed by an elected county council, who took over the functions of the Quarter Sessions courts. '''Aberaeron''' and '''Aberystwyth''' were joint county towns.