Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANVARETH

LLANVARETH, a parish in the district of Builth and county of Radnor; on the rivers Vareth and Wye, 2 miles E of Builth r. station. Post town, Builth, Breconshire. Acres, 2,245. Real property, £1,104. Pop., 155. Houses, 25. The property is subdivided. Much of the surface is hill pasture. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Aberedw, in the diocese of St. David's. The church was reported in 1859 as bad.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanfaredd CP/Ch       Radnorshire AncC
Place: Llanfaredd

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