Llanbadam Odwyn, Cardiganshire

Description
Llanbadam Odwyn, a parish in Cardiganshire, on the river Ayron, and on the Sarn Helen Way, 3 miles W by N of Tregarou. Post town, Tregaron (R.S.O.) Acreage, 2617 ; population, 260. The suffix odwyn, in the name of the parish, signifies " very white," and alludes to the appearance of the church on a high bleak eminence, which commands an extensive view along the valley of the Ayron. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanddewi Brefi, in the diocese of St David's. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.