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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MERTHYR-CYYNOG, a parish and a sub-district in the district and county of Brecon. The parish lies on the river Honddu, 8 miles NNW of Brecon r. station; and comprises the hamlets of Lower Dyffryn-Honddu, Upper Dyffryn-Honddu, Yscirvawr, and Yscirvechan. Post town, Brecon. Acres, 21,278. Real property, £4,667. Pop., 800. Houses, 154. The property is much subdivided. The surface is mountainous. An ancient camp is at Altarnog; and two pillar crosses are at Mynachty. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. DaVid's. Value, £90. Patron, J. L. V. Watkins, Esq. The church was reported in 1859 as bad. The p. curacy of Dyffryn-Honddu is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists. -The sub-district contains also two other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 34,651. Pop., 1,593. Houses, 318.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Merthyr Cynog |
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