Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANYRE, or LLANHIR

LLANYRE, or LLANHIR, a village and a parish in Rhayader district, Radnor. The village stands on the Roman road from Caerfagu to Builth, between the rivers Ithon and Wye, 6½ miles SE of Rhayader r. station. The parish is divided into the townships of Kilgee and Trawscoed; and its Post town is Rhayader. Acres, 5,901. Real property, £2,785. Pop., 744. Houses, 141. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Llanfihangel-Helygen, in the diocese of St. David's.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llanllyr CP/AP       Rhayader RegD/PLU       Radnorshire AncC
Place names: LLANHIR     |     LLANYRE     |     LLANYRE OR LLANHIR
Place: Llanllyr

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