Llangeitho

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title: "Llangeitho" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communities-in-ceredigion", "villages-in-ceredigion"] description: "Village and community in Ceredigion, Wales" topic_path: "general/communities-in-ceredigion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llangeitho" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and community in Ceredigion, Wales ::

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Field	Value
country	Wales
constituency_welsh_assembly	Ceredigion
static_image_name	Afon Aeron at Llangeitho.jpg
static_image_caption	Afon Aeron at Llangeitho
official_name	Llangeitho
community_wales	Llangeitho
unitary_wales	Ceredigion
lieutenancy_wales	Dyfed
constituency_westminster	Ceredigion Preseli
post_town	Tregaron
postcode_district	SY25
postcode_area	SY
dial_code	01974
os_grid_reference	SN679597
coordinates
population	819
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1	[[File:Wales Ceredigion Community Llangeitho map.svg
Map of the community
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|country = Wales |welsh_name = |constituency_welsh_assembly = Ceredigion |static_image_name = Afon Aeron at Llangeitho.jpg |static_image_caption = Afon Aeron at Llangeitho |map_type = |official_name = Llangeitho |community_wales = Llangeitho |unitary_wales = Ceredigion |lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed |constituency_westminster = Ceredigion Preseli |post_town = Tregaron |postcode_district = SY25 |postcode_area = SY |dial_code = 01974 |os_grid_reference = SN679597 |coordinates = |population = 819 |population_ref = | module= {{Collapsible list | framestyle=border:none;text-align:center; padding:0; |title=Community map |1=[[File:Wales Ceredigion Community Llangeitho map.svg|240px]] Map of the community Llangeitho is a village and community on the upper River Aeron in Ceredigion, Wales, about four miles (6 km) west of Tregaron and 11 km north of Lampeter. Its population of 874 in 2001 fell to 819 at the 2011 census.

Nonconformism

The village is linked with Daniel Rowland, born here in 1713, and the Welsh Methodist revival in the 18th century. Rowland served as curate at Llangeitho and Nantcwnlle. The village chapel, built in 1760, became famous throughout Wales as a Calvinistic Methodist centre. Thousands visited it to hear the preaching. Rowland was buried in the village and there remains a memorial column to him. Larger replacement chapels were built in 1764 and 1814.

Llangeitho saw several further periods of religious revival in that century, the strongest in 1762, when rejoicing, dancing and jumping for joy earned the Welsh Methodists the nickname "Jumpers". William Williams Pantycelyn wrote in defence of the celebrations.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Bet_Fach,_Llangeitho_who_is_92_years_old_NLW3362623.jpg" caption="A local character in around 1885: Bet Fach at age 92."] ::

Language

Like much of Ceredigion, Llangeitho was a stronghold of the Welsh language, but in the 1970s newcomers contributed to a decline in the proportion of habitual Welsh speakers from 83 per cent in 1971 to 55 per cent in 2011. By the 2021 census the percentage was down to 47%.

The Welsh-language poet and minstrel Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (c. 1601–1629) is thought to have come from the Llangeitho area.

About a mile and half (2.4 km) north of the village is the mansion of Cwrt Mawr, where the antiquary J. H. Davies (1871–1926) built up a valuable collection of Welsh-language manuscripts known as the Cwrtmawr manuscripts. He donated them to the National Library of Wales, where they remain.

Church

The village church, across the river to the north of the village, is on an ancient site, but the current church was wholly rebuilt in 1821, retaining nothing of the medieval fabric, which included a double rood screen and three arches.

The church and parish are named after St Ceitho. The water of St Ceitho's Spring is said to have the peculiarity of being cool in summer and tepid in winter.

School

The village primary school, Ysgol Gymunedol Llangeitho, changed names in 2012 due to an amalgamation becoming Ysgol Rhos y Helyg. The nearest secondary school is Ysgol Henry Richard in Tregaron, which teaches in Welsh and English.

The earliest record of a school in the village marks the foundation of a mixed, Calvinistic Methodist school there in 1821.

Governance

Llangeitho gained a seat on Cardiganshire County Council in 1889. In November 2019, the Llangeitho member of what is now Ceredigion County Council was David Rhodri Wyn Evans. The ward extends to some neighbouring communities, giving a population of 1,459.

References

References

1. "Community population 2011".
2. [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790566 Office for National Statistics: ''Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Ceredigion''] Retrieved 19 January 2010
3. Evans, Eifion. (1985). "Daniel Rowland". Banner of Truth.
4. "Welsh speakers by electoral division, 2011 Census". Welsh Government.
5. "Census 2021 - Ceredigion County Council".
6. Bowen, Geraint. (1959). "Dafydd Llwyd Mathau".
7. {{Coflein
8. (1908). "The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Volume 2". C. J. Clark.
9. [https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/400630 Ysgol Gymunedo Llangeitho. Retrieved 18 October 2020.]
10. [http://archifdy-ceredigion.org.uk/catalogue.php?searchwhat=*&searchfor=Wesleyan+Methodist+Collection&xsubmit=Search Historical records. Retrieved 18 October 2020.]
11. [https://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/eich-cyngor/cynghorwyr-a-phwyllgorau/cynghorwyr/] County Council website
12. "Ward population 2011".

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