Bridell (Welsh: Y Bridell) is a small settlement and parish in north Pembrokeshire, Wales. The parish includes the village of Pen-y-Bryn. Together with the parishes of Cilgerran and Llantood, it is in the community of Cilgerran.
History of Bridell.
The derivation of the parish name is obscure. Lying on the western border of the cantref of Emlyn, it has always been essentially Welsh-speaking. Bridell (as Brydelthe) appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.
In the churchyard of St David's is a 9 feet high stone cross whose inscription appears unreadable but has been deciphered as Nettasagri maqi mucoi Briaci and commemorates a man named Nettasagri, the son of the kin of Briaci. The stone is believed to be from the 5th century and was probably "Christianized" with a cross later.
The parish of Bridell is on the A478, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Cardigan and consists of a few private houses, the church, St David's and Plas Bridell Manor house, a 19th-century mansion which, until 2019, was a nursing home.