Llanon History
Llanon is an historic village in Ceredigion, formerly Cardiganshire, West Wales. Situated on the Cardigan Bay coastline, between Llanrhystud and Aberarth. Towards the sea you find the historic hamlet of Llansanffraid (St Brides) after which the parish and church are named.
The extensive strip field system around Llanon dates back to mediaeval times, and is a rare survival.
Table of Contents
1. Local History
2. Journal Index
3. Illustrations and Old Pictures
4. Schools and Education
5. Industry and Trades
6. Ships, Shipbuilding and Martime History
7. Churches, Chapels and Religion
8. Location Map
9. Gallery
10. References
11. Links
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Llanon Museum Cottage is a rare example of a typical 18th century Ceredigion cottage. -
View of Llanon from A487 – Discover the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion -
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Historic Slangs of Llanon – Discover the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion -
Llanon History – Discover the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion -
History of Llanon – Discover the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion -
Historic village of Llanon – Discover the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion
| History of Llanon |
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 Llanon Museum Cottage is a rare example of a typical 18th century Ceredigion cottage. |
| County: Ceredigion Community: Llanon Traditional County: Cardiganshire Map Reference SN56NW Grid Reference SN5155367025 |
| Medieval Parish Cantref: Uwch Aeron Commote: Anhuniog |
| Ecclesiastical Parish: Llansantffraid, Acres 4888.814 Parish Hundred: Ilar |
| Electoral Ward: Llansantffraed |
| Listed Buildings: Llanon Scheduled Monuments: Llanon |
 The Hall, Llanon, a 16th century building. Also the earliest known example of a chimneyed house in Ceredigion. |
Since 1909 the Ceredigion Historical Society has published articles written about the archaeology, antiquities and history of Ceredigion, many of the articles are about Llanon history.
1. Local History
Llanon Museum Cottage is a rare example of a typical 18th century Ceredigion cottage.
The Hall (Y Neuadd), is thought to be Tudor in date from around the 16th century.
2. Journal Index
from the Index to Ceredigion Journal 1950-1984
- Llan-non, ili:129,1 1,153
- blacksmith, vi:99,100
- dialect
- see Llan-non : tafodiaeth
- emigration
- see Llan-non : ymfudo
- fair, iii:127;ix:369
- fulling mill, vi:108
- Rebecca riots at, v-.270
- St. Non’s church, iii:126,130
- schools
- grammar, ix:199
- private, ii:151
- settlement patterns, x:115-16
- smuggling, iv-.332
- tafodiaeth, ix:181,182,183,184
- turnpike gate, iii:130,134
- woollen mill, vi:111
- ymfudo, ii:167,229
- Llan-non, gwestfa, iii:274
3. Illustrations and Old Pictures
- Hafodydd and Lluestydd above Llan-non, 1846, ix:22fig. 11
- Llan-non. A traditional Cardiganshire cottage in, viii:323 fig.5
4. Schools and Education
- schools
- grammar, ix:199
- private, ii:151
5. Industry and Trades
- blacksmith, vi:99,100
- fulling mill, vi:108
- woollen mill, vi:111
6. Ships, Shipbuilding and Martime History
- smuggling, iv-.332
7. Churches, Chapels and Religion
- St. Non’s church, iii:126,130
8. Location Map
9. Gallery
10. References
- Llanon map (Header): Reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA) licence with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
- View: Llanon Historic Mapping
11. External links
- Llansantffraed History Society, founded in 1996, meetings are held in the Llanon Reading Room on the first Monday of the month except for Bank Holiday’s.
- Coflein, discover the archaeology, historic buildings and monuments of Llanon
- Historic Place Names, learn about the field names and house names in the community of Llanon
- A Pint of History, read about the history of Ceredigion pubs, inns and local taverns of Llanon
- People’s Collection Wales, share your stories, memories and photographs of Llanon
Please share your memories of the village and any local history facts about the village of Llanon, that may be of interest to others!
LOCAL TRADITIONS, Etc.
(p324)
“LLANON (CARDIGANSHIRE).
Non was the mother of St. David. The Vicar, Mr. Lewis, informed me that there is a tradition in the neighbourhood that the Patron Saint was born here, and owned much land here, including all the flats known as Morfa Esgob—The Bishop’s March. It is said that St. David divided the land into small portions which he gave to the fishermen of the place. There was a stone on the exterior wall of the ruins of St. Non’s Chapel, on which was carved the face of a woman with a child in her arms, traditionally reputed to be that of Non and her child David. There is also a tradition that the Saint was educated at Henfynyw. See more about this in Mr. Eyre Evans’ interesting book on the Antiquities of Cardiganshire.
Some three miles from Llanon, says Mr. Horsfall-Turner in his “Wanderings in Cardiganshire,” legends have been busy with a huge stone pillar which marks, perhaps the grave of some long-forgotten hero. “During the building of Devil’s Bridge, we are told, his Satanic majesty wished to employ this monolith and carried it away, his finger marks may still be seen—leaving another impression. He sat so long and thought so deeply, that at the crowing of [326]the cock, he was startled and vanished so rapidly that the stone was so completely forgotten.””
From ‘Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales’ by J. Ceredig Davies (1911).