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DYFFRIN-HONDDU, two hamlets and a chapelry in Merthyr-Cynog parish, Brecon. The hamlets are Upper and Lower; and lie in the Honddu valley, 8½ miles NNW of Brecon town and r. station. Pop., 187 and 196. Houses, 36 and 36. The chapelry consists of the two hamlets; and its post town is Brecon. Rated property, £948. Pop., 383. The property is much subdivided The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £66. Patron, the Vicar of Merthyr-Cynog. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two hamlets and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Merthyr Cynog AP/CP Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Dyffryn Honddu |
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