In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanafan Fechan like this:
LLANAFAN-FECHAN, or LLANFECHAN, a parish in Builth district, Brecon; on the river Irvon, 5 miles W by S of Builth town and r. station. Post town, Builth, Breconshire. Acres, 2,783. Real property, £927. Pop., 163. Houses, 25. The surface is hilly, and the rocks include slate. Gwarafog, an ancient mansion, is now a farm-house. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llanafan-Fawr, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is small.
Llanafan Fechan through time
Llanafan Fechan is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanafan Fechan itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanafan Fechan, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4419
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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