In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penybont like this:
PENYBONT, a village in Llanbadarn-fawr parish, Radnor; on the river Ithon, and on the Knighton and Central Wales railway, 7 miles W N W of New Radnor. It has a station on the railway, a post-office under Rhayader, an inn, a suspension bridge, a Calvinistic Methodistchapel, and fairs on 12 May, 27 Sept., and 26 Oct. P. Hall is the seat of J.Severn, Esq.
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Penybont through time
Penybont is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penybont itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penybont, in Powys and Radnorshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25307
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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