Cilgerran (hundred)

Coordinates: 51°59′24″N 4°33′40″W / 51.990°N 4.561°W / 51.990; -4.561

Pembrokeshire showing Cilgerran Hundred

The Hundred of Cilgerran (often written "Kilgerran") was a hundred in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was formed by the Act of Union of 1536 from the commote of the pre-Norman cantref of Emlyn that is in Pembrokeshire and is otherwise called in Welsh Emlyn Is Cuch (Emlyn below the River Cuch)^[1], with the addition of the Cemais parish of Llantood. The area of the commote was about 106 km²: that of the hundred was 113 km².

It was under the control of the medieval borough of Cilgerran. It was occupied by the Normans in the 12th century, and made part of the March, but remained exclusively Welsh-speaking. In addition to Cilgerran Castle, the Normans also constructed at least one other castle in the commote: Castell Chrychydd in Clydau^[2].

The commote comprised the parishes of Bridell, Cilgerran, Clydau, Capel Colman , Llanfihangel Penbedw, Manordeifi and Penrydd, and the western part of Cilrhedyn^[3].

Notes

1. ^ B G Charles, Place-names of Pembrokeshire, NLoW, 1992, p 347
2. ^ Howells, B, Walker, R. F., Pembrokeshire County History: Vol II: Medieval Pembrokeshire, Pembrokeshire Historical Society, 2002, ISBN 0-903771-10-1, p 523
3. ^ Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units, UoW Press, 1969, p 66