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LLANFIHANGEL-CWMDU, a parish in Crickhowel district, Brecon; on an affluent of the river Usk, and on the Via Julia montana, under the Black mountains, 4¼ miles NW by N of Crickhowel, and 7½ S by E of Talgarth r. station. It is divided into the parcels of Blayney, Cenol, Cilwych, and Tretower; and it contains the village of Cwmdû, which has a post office under Crickhowel. Acres, 10,068. Real property, £5,987. Pop., 1,056. Houses, 240. Penniyarth is a chief residence. Tretower Castle was the seat of the Picards, lords of Ystradyw; was fortified in the time of Henry IV.; and now consists of merely a circular keep, and some ruinous walls. Tretower Court is a mansion of the 15th century, and presents some good features of later English architecture. Vestiges of a Roman station, called the Gaer, contiguous to the Via Julia, are a short way above Cwmdû village. Roman coins, bricks, and other relics have been foundThe living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £40. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church was rebuilt in 1830; has an embattled tower; and includes a Roman stone, brought from the Roman station, and bearing an inscription to "Catacus." The p. curacy of Tretower is a separate benefice.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfihangel Cwm Du AP/CP Crickhowel RegD/PLU Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanfihangel Cwm Du |
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