- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Llangybi is a village and parish in the south of Ceredigion, Wales (before 1974, the historic county of Cardiganshire). It is located on the A485 road between Tregaron to the north and Lampeter to the south, a mile and a half north of the village of Bettws Bleddrws.
The River Dulas flows past the village and joins the River Teifi near Lampeter.
Llangybi is one of three villages in Wales named after Saint Cybi. The local church is also dedicated to Saint Cybi, which currently lies within the deanery of Lampeter of the diocese of Saint David's, and was at one time in the alternate patronage of the Earl of Lisburne and Lord Carrington. (Source: John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72)
In 1934 Llangybi absorbed the neighbouring parish of Bettws Bleddrws. The parish includes the hamlets of Rhandir Olmarch, Rhandir Pen y Coed and Rhandir y Dre, and the townships of Rhandir y Goetre and Rhandir y Cilgwyn.
Research Tips
- A 1900 Ordnance Survey map of the historic county of Cardiganshire is available on the A Vision of Britain through Time website. This shows all the old parishes within their urban and rural districts. Large farms and estates are also marked.
- Ceredigion Archives has a website with a list of their holdings, as well as historical notes on places in Cardiganshire.
- Some words in Welsh come up time and time again and you may want to know what they mean or how to pronounce them. For example,
"Eglwys" is a church and the prefix "Llan" is a parish.
"w" and "y" are used as vowels in Welsh.
"Ll" is pronounced either "cl" or "hl" or somewhere in between. "dd" sounds like "th".
The single letter "Y" is "the" and "Yn" means "in".
"uwch" means "above"; "isod" is "below" or "under";
"gwch" is "great", "ychydig" is "little";
"cwm" is a "valley".
- In both Welsh and English all these words are commonly used in place names in the UK. Place names are often hyphenated, or two words are combined into one. Entering your problem phrase into Google Search, including the term "meaning in Welsh", will lead you to Google's quick translation guide. I'm no authority; these are just things I have picked up while building up this gazetteer for WeRelate.
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