| Trawsgoed | |
|---|---|
 View of Trawsgoed mansion from the park | |
  Trawsgoed Location within Ceredigion | |
| Population | 989 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SN669731 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aberystwyth |
| Postcode district | SY23 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Trawsgoed (Welsh for 'crosswood') is a community and an estate in Ceredigion, Wales. The estate is 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Aberystwyth, and has been in the possession of the Vaughan family since 1200.[2] The Vaughans are descended from Collwyn ap Tangno, founder of the fifth noble tribe of North Wales, Lord of Eifionydd, Ardudwy, and part of Llŷn, who had his residence on the site of Harlech Castle.[3]
The land falls within the ancient parish of Llanafan,[4] in the upper division of the hundred of Ilar. In Wales, an ancient parish was a village or group of villages or hamlets and the adjacent lands. Originally they held ecclesiastical functions, but from the sixteenth century they also acquired civil roles. The parish may have been established as an ecclesiastical parish. Originally a medieval administrative unit, after 1597 ecclesiastical units were separated from civil parishes to serve the ecclesiastical needs of the local community.[5] The Trawsgoed estate extended over 22 Cardiganshire parishes, including Llanafan.[6] The community of Trawsgoed has a population of 989 (2011) and includes the villages of Llanafan, Y Gors and Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn.
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Trawsgoed Estate Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd
- ^ Vision of Britain Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ancient Parishes of Britain
- ^ Morgan, Gerald. A Welsh House and its Family: the Vaughans of Trawsgoed (Crosswood) 1999