In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfihangel Rhydieithon like this:
LLANFIHANGEL-RYDITHON, a parish and a township in Knighton district, Radnor. The parish lies between the rivers Aran and Ithon, adjacent to the Knighton and Central Wales railway, 3 miles NE of Penybont, and 6½ NW of New Radnor. Post town, Penybont, Radnorshire. Acres, 3,207. Real property, £2,266. ...
Pop., 378. Houses, 65. The surface was once a forest; and much of it is still unenclosed. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of LlandewiYstradenny, in the diocese of St. David's. The township includes all the parish of Llanfihangel-Rydithon, and part of that of Llandewi-Ystradenny. Pop., 404. Houses, 68.
Llanfihangel Rhydieithon through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfihangel Rhydieithon, in Powys and Radnorshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4980
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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