Editing Llanrhystud (section)

==History==
The village is named after the early Christian Welsh St Rhystyd, to whom the local [[Church in Wales]] (Anglican) church is dedicated.<ref name="church" /> Rhystyd was among missionaries who arrived from Armorica in the 6th century.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=William |last=Edwards |title=LLanrhystud |journal=Transactions of the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society |date=1936 |volume=11 |page=63 |url=https://ceredigionhistory.wales/transactions-of-the-cardiganshire-antiquarian-society-vol-11/ |publisher=Gomerian Press |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>

According to a leaflet in the Ceredigion Archives:

{{blockquote|The present church structure dates from 1852 and took the place of an earlier church, signs of which may still be seen in the West end, under the Belfry. This old door, with the step leading down to it, was only discovered in 1958. ... The lower part of the Belfry is thought to have been laid in the 14th century if not before.<ref name="church">{{Cite web |url=http://www.llanrhystud.co.uk/llanrhystud-church-history/ |title=Llanrhystud Church History |date=9 December 2016 |publisher=Llanrhystud Online |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>}} 

The first mention of an [[incumbent]] is of Griffith Powell, who "on July 24th 1582 was a witness before the [[Court Leet]] at Aberystwyth". The document adds that Powell had been "in 1544 appointed [[Priest in charge|priest-in-charge]] of Llanrhystud at the yearly stipend of five pounds".<ref name="church" />

A [[Llanrhystud Castle|castle]] once existed nearby.