In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Trefecca like this:
TREFECCA, a hamlet in Talgarth parish, Brecon; 8 miles SW of Hay. Real property, £1,466. Pop., 236. Houses, 45. T. House was the residence of Howel Harris, one of the founders of Calvinistic Methodism;. became the residence also of the chief founder of it, the Countess of Huntingdon,-who made Tredustan Court, in its vicinity, a college for teachers of the connexion. The college fell off, almost to extinction; and an effort was made about 1840, to reinstitute it, at a cost of £10,000.
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Trefecca through time
Trefecca is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Trefecca itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Trefecca, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25007
Date accessed: 30th October 2024
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