Ceredigion from Cardigan, between five and six thousand leaving the town between 1790 and 1860. Aberystwyth became the main centre for the export of lead and Aberaeron and Newquay did brisk coastal trade. The building of the railway from Shrewsbury in the 1860s encouraged visitors and hotels sprang up in the town to accommodate them. This area of the county of Dyfed became a district of Wales under the name Ceredigion in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and since 1996, has formed the county of Ceredigion. According to the 2001 census, Ceredigion has the fourth highest proportion of Welsh
Welsh independence Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Vale of Glamorgan and the two Welsh-speaking heartlands, Gwynedd and Ceredigion. A poll commissioned by YesCymru in May 2017 found of the major political parties in Wales that Labour voters and Plaid Cymru voters, as well as those aged 18-49, were most likely to vote for independence, while UKIP and Conservative voters were least likely. It also found that 2/3 of Plaid Cymru voters favoured independence, and that Welsh speakers were twice as likely to favour independence. Welsh independence Welsh independence () is a political ideal advocated by some political parties, advocacy groups, and people in Wales that