In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanwyddelan like this:
LLANWYDDELAN, a parish in Newtown district, Montgomery; on the river Rhiw, near the Caersws Roman way, 4 miles S by W of Llanfair, and 6½ N by W of Newtown r. station. It contains the townships of Pencoed, Penymes, and Treganol; and its Post town is Llanfair-Caereinion, under Welshpool. ...
Acres, 3,784. Real property, £2,095. Pop., 476. Houses, 96. The property is subdivided. Much of the surface is hill pasture. An ancient British camp is at Pen-y-Gaer. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £250,* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Gwyddelan, and is good. There is a Calvinistic Methodist chapel.
Llanwyddelan through time
Llanwyddelan is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanwyddelan itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanwyddelan, in Powys and Montgomeryshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6658
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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