Dear Everyone,   Thought keen Cardiganshire collectors of small local histories, especially those interested in family connections with land and property might be interested in this about-to-arrive volume...    Just had the following info from Alan Leech (retired from over the border to live in Llanfair Clydogau) who last year wrote a book called "Llanfair Clydogau, History of a Cardiganshire Parish"  He and his wife Sally have now published a sequel  -   struggle for survival in the cardiganshire hills: story of the settlement of the mountains of llanfair and llanddewi   "Since the successful publication of the book dealing with the history of Llanfair Clydogau, my wife and I have spent the year researching other areas of life in this location of the former Cardiganshire.  In particular, we were interested in the struggle of people to obtain land to farm, both in the lowland, and on what was known as the "Mountains".    Accordingly, a new book has been produced, printed to a high standard by Y Lolfa, Talybont.  It is a landscape book, almost A4 in size and contains 213 pages of text, photographs and maps. A good deal of information is provided on the local Manors, tenant farmers, "ty-un-nos" dwellings, the legal enclosure of both Llanfair and Llanddewi Mountain, together with a farm history of 60 upland dwellings, with reference to many hundreds of families. "   If any one is interested Alan says the book is due to arrive around Dec 4, and then he can weigh it and calculate postage.  I forgot to ask him if he has Paypal facilities.  Please contact Alan direct if you are interested.  [The price in pounds sterling is £14.95p].    For those of us who live close by (and no need for postage) there are two evenings where the author is giving an intro. in Llanfair Clydogau village hall: Wednesday December 9th and Thursday December 10th at 7.30 pm.  Croeso i bawb.   Best wishes   Jen   ~~~~~ Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 16:13 From: "ALAN LEECH" alanleech1@btinternet.com    Since the successful publication of the book dealing with the history of Llanfair Clydogau, my wife and I have spent the year researching other areas of life in this location of the former Cardiganshire.  In particular, we were interested in the struggle of people to obtain land to farm, both in the lowland, and on what was known as the "Mountains".    Accordingly, a new book has been produced, printed to a high standard by Y Lolfa, Talybont.  It is a landscape book, almost A4 in size and contains 213 pages of text, photographs and maps. A good deal of information is provided on the local Manors, tenant farmers, "ty-un-nos" dwellings, the legal enclosure of both Llanfair and Llanddewi Mountain, together with a farm history of 60 upland dwellings, with reference to many hundreds of families. ~~~~~~~~