Manordeifi – St David

This benefice was at an early date in the patronage of the Earl of Pembroke, and afterwards came into the hands of the Crown.

Under the name of Ecclesia de Manordaun, this church was in 1291 assessed at £6 13s 4d for tenths to the King.—Taxatio.

Manerdeyby.—Ecclesia ibidem ex presentacione dicte Regine ut supra [i.e. Marchionisse Pembr’] unde Willelmus Clement est rector valet communibus annis £9. Inde decima 18s.—Valor Eccl.

Under the heading ‘Livings remaining in Charge’ :--Manerdivy alias Maenor Deifi R (St David). The Prince of Wales. King’s Books, £9, £90. Yearly tenths, 18s.—Bacon’s Liber Regis.

The old church of Manordeifi is situated on low ground in the valley of the Teifi, near the river and at the foot of the bank under the present rectory. Occasional services are still held there, but being in the least populous corner of the parish, a new parish church was built in 1895, about a mile from the rectory and near the crossroad on the way to Boncath. This church was opened in 1896. In 1905 the Rev. D. Ambrose Jones, the present rector, restored the falling roof and walls of the old parish church, and in the course of the restoration two windows of Early English type, which had been plastered over and filled up with rough stones and clay, were discovered. One of these windows—a small narrow one—was restored, but the other one—a fine double window—was not interfered with for special reasons.

In 1897 an iron church was erected at Abecsych, a village in this parish.

Rectors

Graham Davies, Ó 2001.
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