A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LLYSWEN, a parish in Hay district, Brecon; on the river Wye, at the boundary with Radnor, near Boughrood r. station, and 7 miles SW by W of Hay. It has a post office under Hereford. Acres, 2,067. Real property, £1,152. Pop., 226. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. A palace of the princes of South Wales was here. Dderw was a seat of the Morgans. Llangoed Castle belongs to Sir J. R. Bailey, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £170.* Patron, Sir J. R. Bailey, Bart. The church was rebuilt in 1863; is in the early English style; and has a W tower, designed to be surmounted by a spire. The rectory-house was built in 1865. There is national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llys Wen AP/CP Hay RegD/PLU Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Llys Wen |
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