Llanfarian
Llanfarian Location within Ceredigion
Population	1,541 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SN592778
Principal area	Ceredigion
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Aberystwyth
Postcode district	SY23
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Ceredigion
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Ceredigion
List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52°22′48″N 4°04′12″W / 52.380°N 4.070°W / 52.380; -4.070

Llanfarian (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanˈvarjan]) is a village, electoral ward and community in the district county of Ceredigion, Mid-Wales, south of the administrative centre Aberystwyth.

Llanfarian village lies above the banks of the river Ystwyth in the Ystwyth Valley. The community – which includes the villages of Rhydyfelin and Glanyrafon, and the hamlets of Chancery and Moriah – had a population of 1,541 at the 2011 census.

Amenities

Llanfarian is at the western edge of the Ystwyth Trail.^[2]

Llanfarian has one primary school, Ysgol Llanfarian. A school at Chancery is referred to in a World War II children's evacuation account.^[3]

Historical notes

The now disused and dismantled Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line stopped here at Llanrhystud Road station.^[4]

Government

Llanfarian had a representative on Cardiganshire County Council from the formation of the authority in 1889. The first member was Morris Davies, a local farmer, who defeated Matthew Vaughan Davies of Tanybwlch by fifteen votes. Both stood as Conservative candidates. By the next election in 1892, Vaughan Davies had converted to the Liberal Party and captured the seat which he held for many years. In 1895, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire.

Notable residents

• Matthew Vaughan Davies of Tanybwlch, landowner and politician
• Peter Walter Davies of the Welsh Kite Trust^[5]