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{{Short description|Village in Ceredigion, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                     = Wales
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| official_name               = Adpar
| coordinates                 = {{coord|52.041|-4.467|display=inline,title}}
| community_wales             = [[Llandyfriog]]
| unitary_wales               = [[Ceredigion]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Dyfed]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Ceredigion Preseli (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion Preseli]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Ceredigion (Assembly constituency)|Ceredigion]]
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| os_grid_reference           = SN309409
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| static_image                = Adpar and the county boundary - geograph.org.uk - 919887.jpg
| static_image_caption        = Looking over the bridge across the Teifi to Adpar
}}
'''Adpar''', formerly Trefhedyn, is a village in [[Ceredigion]], [[Wales]], in the [[Community (Wales)|community]] of [[Llandyfriog]], now considered as a part of [[Newcastle Emlyn]] to which it is joined by a bridge across the [[River Teifi]]. In ancient times Adpar was a [[borough]] in its own right.<ref name="ne">{{cite web
|title=About Adpar
|work=Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar / Castell Newydd Emlyn ac Adpar
|url=http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/adpar
|accessdate=11 Nov 2009
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008070817/http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/adpar
|archivedate=8 October 2009
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
==History==
The [[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales]] records a "possible medieval castle [[motte]]" within the village. The mound is low, about 3.5 metres in height and damaged in subsequent periods.<ref name="am">{{cite web
| last =
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| author-link =
| title = ADPAR, MOTTE
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| publisher = [[Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales]]
| year = 2009
| url = http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/303776/details/ADPAR,+MOTTE/
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| accessdate = 11 Nov 2009 }}</ref>
[[File:First Printing Press in Wales - geograph.org.uk - 707501.jpg|thumb|Plaque marking the establishment of the first printing press in Wales|left]]
At one time Adpar was relatively more important than it is now. It was an ancient borough, returned its own member of parliament, and had a [[Portreeve]] and two [[bailiff]]s. It had a market and several seasonal animal fairs. Several industrial enterprises used the fast-flowing waters of the River Teifi for power, including a woollen mill that produced flannel, blankets and knitting yarn. There was also a [[fishing weir]] above the bridge to catch migratory [[salmon]].<ref>Jenkins, J. Geraint. ''Ceredigion: Interpreting an Ancient County.'' Gwasg Careg Gwalch (2005) pg. 25.</ref>
The first permanent [[printing press]] was established in Adpar in 1719 by [[Isaac Carter]] (printer and native of Carmarthenshire). It is believed that the first two publications from this press were [[Welsh language]] ''Cân o Senn i’w hen Feistr Tobacco'' ("song from Senn to his old master, tobacco") by [[Alban Thomas]] and ''Cân ar Fesur Triban ynghylch Cydwybod a’i Chynheddfau'' ("Song in triplet measure concerning conscience and its qualities"). The press was transferred to Carmarthen in about 1725.<ref name="ne "/>
The last [[duel]] that took place in Cardiganshire occurred in Adpar in 1814.<ref name="ne "/>
==Notable people==
In birth order:
*[[John Elwyn]] (1916–1997), British painter, illustrator and educator
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