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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BRONLLYS, Broynllis, or Brynllys, a village and a parish in the district and county of Brecon. The village stands on the river Llyfni, adjacent to the Hereford and Brecon railway, 7 miles SW of Hay; and has a post office under Hereford. The parish comprises 2,109 acres. Real property, £2,597. Pop., 305. Houses, 70. A ruined castle here has been thought by some to be of Phœnician origin, and prodigiously old; but was really a structure of the 13th century, built after the model of the round tower of Pembroke Castle; and belonged to successively the Cliffords, the Giffords, the De Bohuns, the Staffords, the Crown, the Williamses, the Lewises, and the Davieses. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £174. Patron, W. D. Wilkins, Esq. The church has some Norman windows and a detached bell tower. Charities, £7.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bronllys CP/AP Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRONLLYS | BRONLLYS BROYNLLIS OR BRYNLLYS | BROYNLLIS | BRYNLLYS |
| Place: | Bronllys |
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