A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Rhaeadr. You may be able to find further references to Rhaeadr in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Rhayader | hundred | Bartholomew | Rhayader | market town and parish with railway station | Bartholomew |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Rhaeadr.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | Dyffryn Clerwen | school | Bartholomew |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Rhaeadr within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | William Gilpin | To the source of the Wye | 7 | William Camden | Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan | 2 | Gerald of Wales | Book I, Ch. 1: Hereford and Radnor | 1 | Charles Wesley | May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland | 1 | Charles Wesley | Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales | 1 | Robert Gammage | Touring South Wales | 1 | John Wesley | 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy | 1 | John Wesley | 1754-6: Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Nantmel | 0 | 2 |
| St Harmon | 1 | 2 |
| Nant Gwyllt | 0 | 1 |
| Elan | 0 | 5 |
| Powys | 0 | 2 |
| Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr | 0 | 2 |
| Caerfagu | 0 | 2 |
| Cenarth | 0 | 2 |
| Llanfihangel Helygen | 0 | 2 |
| Llanwrthwl | 0 | 2 |
| Golon | 0 | 2 |
| Llanllyr | 0 | 2 |
| Abaty Cwm Hir | 0 | 2 |
| Llysdinam | 0 | 2 |
| Newbridge on Wye | 0 | 2 |
| Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan | 0 | 2 |
| Trefonnen | 0 | 1 |
| Cellws | 0 | 2 |
| Cefnllys | 1 | 3 |
| Llandrindod | 2 | 2 |
