Explore Ceredigion — Cardigan Bay & the Cambrian Mountains
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EXPLORE CEREDIGION

Famous people and stories of Ceredigion

Explore people connected with Ceredigion, including Cranogwen, Henry Richard, Dylan Thomas and families who travelled beyond Wales.

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People who shaped Ceredigion and the wider world

Ceredigion's life stories reach beyond the county: seafarers, poets, peace campaigners and emigrants took local experiences into wider worlds. Follow the individual biographies to the towns, churches and landscapes connected with them. For family history, distinguish documented records from later traditions and stories repeated about a person.

Explore through a life story

Follow the individual guides to discover the places behind a name, including people remembered for religious, cultural or social change. Family-history researchers can also look to the National Library of Wales and Ceredigion Archives in Aberystwyth for relevant collections.

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Tregaron town

Joseph Jenkins and Ceredigion's Australian connections →

Cardigan Castle and riverside buildings reflected in the River Teifi

Ceredigion and migration to North America →

Tregaron town

Henry Richard of Tregaron: the Apostle of Peace →

Carreg Bica sea stack beside the sandy beach at Llangrannog

Cranogwen: Sarah Jane Rees and Llangrannog →

Strata Florida

Owain Glyndŵr: Ceredigion connections and places →

Tregaron town

Ceredigion medical pioneers: William Evans and Roger Seal →

Llanddewi Brefi village

Saint David's Ceredigion connections →

Two walkers crossing open moorland in the Cambrian Mountains

Twm Siôn Cati: Tregaron history and Welsh legend →

Image credits: Tregaron Market Place.jpg — Gordon Hatton / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). · Strata Florida Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 4575753.jpg — Stephen McKay  / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). · Llanddewi-Brefi - geograph.org.uk - 4385932.jpg — Ian Capper  / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Images may be resized or cropped for the layout.

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