Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDEFALLEY

LLANDEFALLEY, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Brecon; near the Llanidloes, Builth, and Talyllyn railway, 5 miles NE of Brecon. Post town, Brecon. Acres, 8,509. Real property, £4,412. Pop., 687. Houses, 142.—The parish is cut into two divisions, N and S. Trebarried was a seat of the Vaughans, and is now a farm-house. Trebris was a seat of the Bois family, and is now a ruin. There is a sulphureous spring; and there are traces of an ancient camp. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Crickadarn, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Matthew; is early English, with timbered roof and stained glass windows; and contains effigies of two bishops. Charities, £8.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llandyfalle CP/AP       Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Llandyfalle

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