In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aber Porth like this:
ABERPORTH, a village and a parish in the district and county of Cardigan. The village stands on the coast, at the mouth of the Howny rivulet, 7 miles NE of Cardigan; and is partly in the parish of Blaenporth. It has a post office under Cardigan; and is a seaport, a fishing station, and a watering-place. ...
The parish contains also the hamlets of Rectorial and Llanannerch. Acres, 2,200. Real property, £1,209. Pop., 454. Houses, 108. The property is much subdivided. Great portion of the surface is bare hill; and one of the summits is within view of the coast of Ireland. Plâs, belonging to the Morgan family, is an ancient cruciform mansion. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £136. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is very good. There is a Calvinistic-Methodist chapel.
Aber Porth through time
Aber Porth is now part of Ceredigion district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ceredigion has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aber Porth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aber Porth, in Ceredigion and Cardiganshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2105
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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