Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Llanidloes. You may be able to find further references to Llanidloes in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
LLANIDLOES a small town, a parish, two sub-districts, and a hundred Imperial
LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY a railway Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Llanidloes.

Place Type of entry Source
Brithdir hamlet Bartholomew
BRITHDIR a township Imperial
CILLMACHALLT a township Imperial
Cilmachallt township Bartholomew
CROESLLWYBIR a township Imperial
Glynhafren hamlet Bartholomew
GLYNHAFREN a hamlet Imperial
Hengynwithfach hamlet Bartholomew
HENGYNWITHFACH a township Imperial
MANLETH a township Imperial
YSTRADYNOD a township Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Llanidloes within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Robert Gammage Touring the Welsh border in 1852 and 1853 5
William Camden Rest of Wales 1
Charles Wesley May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland 1
Charles Wesley Jan: 15 - Apr. 29, 1748: Ireland, Wales and meeting future wife 1
Charles Wesley May 1 - Aug. 31, 1748: London, Wales and Ireland 1
Charles Wesley Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales 1
Robert Gammage Touring South Wales 1
John Wesley 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy 1
John Wesley 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Cilmachallt 0 2
Glan Y Nant 0 2
Glynbrochan 0 2
Hengynwydd 0 2
Rhydfaes 0 1
Banhadlog 0 2
Llandinam 0 2
Brithdir 0 2
Trefeglwys 0 2
Trewythan 0 1
Llangurig 2 2
Glyntrefnant 0 2
Cenarth 0 2
St Harmon 1 2
Caersws 0 2
Moat Lane 0 2
Mochdre 0 3
Llanwnnog 0 2
Penystrywaid 0 2
Carno 0 3