In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Y Ferwig like this:
VERWICK, a parish in the district and county of Cardigan; on the coast, 2 miles N of Cardigan r. station. Post town, Cardigan. Acres, 3,062; of which 190 are water. Real property, £2,137. Pop., 319. Houses, 71. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £80. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but good. There are Baptist and Methodist chapels.
Y Ferwig through time
Y Ferwig is now part of Ceredigion district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ceredigion has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Y Ferwig itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Y Ferwig, in Ceredigion and Cardiganshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4095
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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