Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDDEWI-ABERGWESSIN

LLANDDEWI-ABERGWESSIN, a parish in Builth district, Brecon; at the influx of the river Gwessin to the Irvon, 14 miles W by N of Builth r. station. Post town, Llandovery, under Carmarthen. Acres, 10,511. Real property, £652. Pop., 111. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The surface is mostly mountainous, wild, and waste. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Llanfihangel-Abergwessin, in the diocese of St. David's The church is tolerable.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanddewi Abergwesyn CP/AP       Builth RegD/PLU       Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Llanddewi Abergwesyn

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