In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfihangel Fechan like this:
LLANFIHANGEL-FECHAN, a chapelry in Llandefailog-fach parish, Breconshire; on the river Honddu, 5 miles N of Brecon r. station. Post town, Brecon. Acres, 2,211. Real property, £1,258. Pop., 178. Houses, 33. Castell Madoc belonged to the Powells, passed to the Prices, and commands a fine view. A bridge spans the Honddu; and an ancient British camp is at Altarnog. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Llandefailog-fach, in the diocese of St. David's. The church contains monuments of the Powells.
Llanfihangel Fechan through time
Llanfihangel Fechan is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfihangel Fechan itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfihangel Fechan, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4482
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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