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LLANIGON, a hamlet and a parish in Hay district, Brecon. The hamlet lies near the river Wye, the Hereford and Brecon railway, the boundary with Herefordshire, and the Black mountains, 2 miles SSW of Hay Real property, £3,459. Pop., 429. Houses, 91.—The parish contains also the hamlet of Glynfach; and its Post town is Hay, under Hereford. Acres, 9,256. Real property, £3,810. Pop., 484. Houses, 104. The property is much subdivided. Llanigon House, or Llanthomas, belonged to Earl Ferrers, and passed to the Gwynes. Penyrwrlodd was the seat of the Watkinses, and is now a farm-house. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £202. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Eigion, and is good. There is an endowed school, with £10 ayear; and the parish shares in Powell's charity at Brecon.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanigon AP/CP Hay RegD/PLU Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanigon |
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