The Original Treberfedd Farm

There is a long history of farming at Treberfedd; the farm itself dates back to at least the 1400s. A tithe map from 1480 provides the first available record of a farm worker’s cottage called ‘Treberfedd-Fach’, meaning ‘Little Treberfedd’, next to a farming settlement.

Treberfedd was originally a tenant farm owned by a large estate, so in those days, a lot more people would have been working the land. A receipt in the National Library of Wales shows that the farm was actually once lost to another estate in a game of cards!

Centuries of farming history

The principle farming type on Treberfedd in the 1400s would have been the same as it is now, with cattle and sheep grazing on the lush pastures of Aeron’s Vale. The subsistence lifestyle would have included small scale production of vegetables, cereals and poultry.

The farm’s woodlands would have been very important too, offering the materials to make everything from shoes and tools to furniture and sheep hurdles, as well as providing fuel and food.

Find out more about the history of our cottages and the people of Treberfedd.