Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanbadarn Fynydd like this:

LLANBADARN-FYNYDD, a parish, with a small village, in Knighton district, Radnor; on the river Ithon, near the river Teme and the boundary with Montgomeryshire, 9 miles S of Newtown r. station, and 10 NE of Rhayader. Post town, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. Acres, 8,965. Real property, £2,451. Pop., 609. Houses, 105. The property is subdivided. The surface is hilly, and includes much barren moor and pasture. Camnant bridge, across the Ithon, is near the village. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy...


of Llananno, in the diocese of St. David's. Fairs are held on the last Friday of April, 4 August, and the Saturday before Michaelmas-day.

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Travel writing

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