In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dylife like this:
DYLIFFE, a chapelry in Darowen, Llanbrynmair, Penegoes, and Trefeglwys, parishes, Montgomery; near the Newtown and Machynlleth railway, 8 miles from Llanbrynmair. It was constituted in 1856; and it has a post office under Shrewsbury. Pop., 859. Houses, 141. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bangor. Valne, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is recent.
Dylife through time
Dylife is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dylife itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dylife, in Powys and Montgomeryshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24484
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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