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LLANFIHANGEL-FECHAN, a chapelry in Llandefailog-fach parish, Breconshire; on the river Honddu, 5 miles N of Brecon r. station. Post town, Brecon. Acres, 2,211. Real property, £1,258. Pop., 178. Houses, 33. Castell Madoc belonged to the Powells, passed to the Prices, and commands a fine view. A bridge spans the Honddu; and an ancient British camp is at Altarnog. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llandefailog-fach, in the diocese of St. David's. The church contains monuments of the Powells.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Llandyfaelog Fach AP/CP Llanfihangel Fechan CP/Ch Brecknockshire AncC |
Place: | Llanfihangel Fechan |
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