In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanwrtyd like this:
LLANWRTYD, a parish and a sub-district in the district of Llandovery and county of Brecon. The parish lies on the river Irvon, and on the Craven-Arms, Knighton, Llandovery, and Swansea railway, 1 1½ miles NE by N of Llandovery; comprises the hamlets of Clawddmadog and Llechweddor; contains mineral wells resorted to by invalids; and has a railway station, designated Llanwrtyd-Wells, and a post office under Builth, Breconshire. ...
Acres, 11,335. Real property, £2,056. Pop., 607. Houses, 117. The property is divided among a few. Dolycoed was a seat of the Joneses, and is now the chief boarding-house for visitors to the wells. Dinas also was formerly a mansion, but is now a farm-house. The parochial surface is wildly mountainous, but includes romantic scenery and many charming walks. A narrow bridge spans the Irvon at Pont-rhyd-y-feir, near Dolycoed. The mineral wells lie in a glen, flanked by lofty heights; were discovered, or brought into notice, in 1732; are chalybeate and sulphureous, of similar quality to those of Harrogate; and are in repute for scorbutic and cutaneous diseases. The sulphureous one emits fetid odours, and is thence called by the Welsh Ffynnon Drewllyd, or "the stinking well. ''The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Llangammarch, in the diocese of St. David's. The church is good; and there are a Presbyterian chapel and an endowed school. The subdistrict contains also Llandulas parish. Acres, 14,555. Pop., 731. Houses, 136.
Llanwrtyd through time
Llanwrtyd is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanwrtyd itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanwrtyd, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1109
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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