In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penystrywaid like this:
PENSTROWED, a parish in Newtown district, Montgomery; on the river Severn and the Caer-Sws way, 2½ miles W of Newtown r. station. Post-town, Newtown. Acres, 1, 220. Real property, £1, 141. Pop., 142. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £110.* Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church isold.
Penystrywaid through time
Penystrywaid is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penystrywaid itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penystrywaid, in Powys and Montgomeryshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8490
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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