In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rhiwlen like this:
RHULEN, a parish in the district of Builth and county of Radnor; on the river Edwy, 6½ miles E by S of Builth r. station. Post-town, Kington. Acres, 756. Real property, £673. Pop., 111. Houses, 19. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Glascomb, in the diocese of St. Davids. The church is tolerable.
Rhiwlen through time
Rhiwlen is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rhiwlen itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rhiwlen, in Powys and Radnorshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8685
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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