Manordeifi is a parish

Civil parish

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 and community

Community (Wales)

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....

 in the hundred of Kilgerran

Cilgerran (hundred)

thumb|200px|right|Pembrokeshire showing Cilgerran HundredThe Hundred of Cilgerran was a hundred in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales...

, in the northeast corner of Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

, Wales

Wales

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. The population of the community (2001) was 478. Together with the community of Cilgerran

Cilgerran

Cilgerran is a town in the Hundred of Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Teifi. It is the site of Cilgerran Castle, built in 1100, from which Owain of Powys is said to have abducted Nest in 1109. It is first mentioned by name in 1164...

, it makes up Cilgerran electoral ward.

In addition to scattered settlement, the parish contains the villages of Abercych

Abercych

Abercych is a small village of less than 100 houses, scattered mostly along the sides of a small lane that runs along the slopes of a valley in the north of the county of Pembrokeshire in South West Wales, in the parish of Manordeifi. It is an ancient village, the Welsh placename of which means...

 and Newchapel

Newchapel

Newchapel is a hamlet in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, close to Kidsgrove in Staffordshire, England.Newchapel was originally named Thursfield. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Turvoldesfeld...

 . There was an unusually large number of substantial mansions in the parish, perhaps because of the picturesque scenery and good angling in the area. These included Clynfyw, Ffynone (or Ffynnonau) and Pentre.

The old parish church

Manordeifi Old Church

Manordeifi Old Church is a redundant church in Manordeifi, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It has been designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. The church stands near the River Teifi and worshippers were sometimes trapped when the...

, situated in the edge of the River Teifi

River Teifi

The River Teifi forms the boundary between the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales for most of its 75 mile length, flowing into the sea below the town of Cardigan. The catchment of the river is estimated to be 1,008 square kilometres yielding an average flow at Glan...

 floodplain52.05846°N 4.58557°W, was abandoned in favour of a new church built on the hill top in the nineteenth century. The old church (mainly 13th-14th century) preserves many old featureshttp://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/churches/manordeifi/manordeifi.htm. A coracle

Coracle

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hangs in the porch, providing a means of escape during floods.

The population of the parish was: 745 (1801): 956 (1851): 631 (1901): 602 (1951): 402 (1981).
The percentage of Welsh speakers was: 87 (1891): 94 (1931): 74 (1971).

External links

• Manordeifi on Genuki