Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GARTHBRENGY

GARTHBRENGY, a parish in the district and county of Brecon; on the river Honddu, 3 miles N of Brecon town and r. station. Post town, Brecon. Acres, 2, 001. Real property, £678. Pop., 162. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. The surface rises. abruptly from the Honddu. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £102. Patron, the Bishop of St. Davids. The church is ancient; and the roof of it was recently in bad condition.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Garthbrengi AP/CP       Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Garthbrengi

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