Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANSTEPHAN

LLANSTEPHAN, a parish in the district of Hay and county of Radnor; on the rivers Bachwy and Wye, at the boundary with Brecon, near Erwood and Boughrood r. stations, 7 miles SE of Builth. Post town, Hay, under Hereford. Acres, 2,407. Real property, £1,746. Pop., 231. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £67. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church was reported in 1859 as not good. Charities, £8.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llansteffan AP/CP       Radnorshire AncC
Place: Llansteffan

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