In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bleddfa like this:
BLEDDFA, or Blethvaugh, a parish in Knighton district, Radnor; on the river Lug and in Radnor forest, 5 miles SW of Knighton r. station Post Town, Knighton, Radnorshire. Acres, 2,740. Real property, £2,473. Pop, 250. Houses, 46. The surface is hilly, and to a considerable extent waste. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £181. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is tolerable.
Bleddfa through time
Bleddfa is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bleddfa itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bleddfa, in Powys and Radnorshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3649
Date accessed: 20th May 2024
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