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TALGARTH, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Brecon. The village stands on the Hereford and Brecon railway, 8½ miles SW of Hay; had anciently a castle; is a borough by prescription; and . has a post-office‡ under Hereford, a r. station with telegraph, a good church, three dissenting chapels, an alms-house, charities £31, a weekly market, and eight annual fairs. Real property, £2,965. Pop., 684. Houses, 172.—The parish contains also Trefecca, Pwllywrach, Forest, Grwyne.fawr, and Grwyne-fechan hamlets; and comprises 16,900 acres. Pop., 1,330. Houses, 297. Trefecca house is a chief object of interest. Porthaml belonged to the Vaughans, and Tredustan and Tregunter, to the Gunters. There are a cromlech, and other ancient British relics. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £250. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor.—The sub-district excludes the two Grwyne hamlets, but includes four other parishes, and a part; and is in Hay district. Acres, 28,155. Pop., 2,476. Houses, 539. The hundred contains 13 parishes, and a part. Acres, 71,621. Pop., 7,685. Houses, 1,643.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Talgarth AP/CP Talgarth Hundred Talgarth SubD Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Talgarth |
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