LAMPETER, a market-town and parliamentary borough of Wales, in Cardiganshire, near the Teifi, 29 miles E. by N. from Cardigan. The college of St David's, a handsome quadrangular building, founded in 1822 by Bishop Burgess, is intended for theological students who could not bear the expense of attending Oxford or Cambridge. It accommodates about seventy students, and has an annual income of £3000. Pop. (1851) 907.