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LLANWRTYD, a parish and a sub-district in the district of Llandovery and county of Brecon. The parish lies on the river Irvon, and on the Craven-Arms, Knighton, Llandovery, and Swansea railway, 1 1½ miles NE by N of Llandovery; comprises the hamlets of Clawddmadog and Llechweddor; contains mineral wells resorted to by invalids; and has a railway station, designated Llanwrtyd-Wells, and a post office under Builth, Breconshire. Acres, 11,335. Real property, £2,056. Pop., 607. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. Dolycoed was a seat of the Joneses, and is now the chief boarding-house for visitors to the wells. Dinas also was formerly a mansion, but is now a farm-house. The parochial surface is wildly mountainous, but includes romantic scenery and many charming walks. A narrow bridge spans the Irvon at Pont-rhyd-y-feir, near Dolycoed. The mineral wells lie in a glen, flanked by lofty heights; were discovered, or brought into notice, in 1732; are chalybeate and sulphureous, of similar quality to those of Harrogate; and are in repute for scorbutic and cutaneous diseases. The sulphureous one emits fetid odours, and is thence called by the Welsh Ffynnon Drewllyd, or "the stinking well. ''The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llangammarch, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is good; and there are a Presbyterian chapel and an endowed school. The subdistrict contains also Llandulas parish. Acres, 14,555. Pop., 731. Houses, 136.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanwrtud CP/AP Llanwrtyd Wells CP Llanwrtyd SubD Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanwrtyd |
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