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LLANSAINTFRAED-IN-ELVEL, a parish in the district of Builth, and county of Radnor; on the river Edw, 4½ miles NE of Builth r. station. Post town, Builth, Breconshire. Acres, 4,000. Real property, £1,833. Pop., 340. Houses, 57. The property is much subdivided. A castle of the Mortimers stood here, and has left some traces. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £171. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church was reported in 1859 as bad. The parish shares in Powell's charity at Brecon.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Llansanffraid Yn Elfael AP/CP Radnorshire AncC |
Place: | Llansanffraid Yn Elfael |
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