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DEVYNOCK, or Defynock, a village, a parish, a forest, a sub-district, and a hundred in Brecon. The village stands on the rivulet Senny, the Julian way, and the Neath and Brecon railway, 8 miles W by S of Brecon; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a railway station. and fairs on 16 April, 9 May, 10 Aug., 6 Oct. and 5 Dec. The parish includes the hamlets of Senny, Glyntawe, Cray, Glynn, and Maescar; and contains the post office of Senny-Bridge under Brecon. Acres, 28, 883. Real property, £10, 489. Pop., 1, 798. Houses, 365. The manor was given to Bernard Newmarch; and belongs now to the Morgans. A fortress, called Castell-Ddu or Black Castle, stood adjacent to Senny-Bridge; and has bequeathed its name to a farm-house on its site. Collieries and other works are in Glyntawe; and have tram-railway communication southward into Glamorgan. A Druidical circle, called Cerrigduon, is near Devynnock village. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Ystradvelltey, in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Davids. The church has in its tower an ancient inscribed stone; and contains a Saxon font. The p. curacies of Glyntawe, Llanulid, and Llaniltid are separate benefices. There are two Independent chapels, and a Calvinistic Metho. dist one. Davy's free school and almhouses have £42; and other charities £55. -The forest comprises about 20, 000 acres; is now a bare hilly tract; and serves as pasture for the stock of the tenants of the manor at a small charge. -The sub-district is in Brecon district, and contains four parishes. Acres, 65, 053. Pop., 4, 075. Houses, 848. -The hundred contains five parishes and parts of two others. Acres, 113, 357. Pop., 10, 225. Houses, 2, 144.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, a forest, a sub-district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place names: | DEFYNOCK | DEVYNOCK | DEVYNOCK OR DEFYNOCK |
| Place: | Devynock |
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