In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Carreghofa like this:
CARREGHOVA, a township in Llan-y-Mynech parish, Montgomery; on the river Vyrnwy, near Offa's Dyke and the Montgomery canal, 5½ miles SSW of Oswestry. Acres, 1,223. Real property, £3,444: of which £1,432 are in quarries, and £30 in mines. Pop., 400. Houses, 92. Limestone is extensively quarried.
Carreghofa through time
Carreghofa is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Carreghofa itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carreghofa, in Powys and Montgomeryshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3190
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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