Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Llanidloes. You may be able to find further references to Llanidloes in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place	Type of entry	Source
LLANIDLOES	a small town, a parish, two sub-districts, and a hundred	Imperial
LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY	a railway	Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Llanidloes.

Place	Type of entry	Source
Brithdir	hamlet	Bartholomew
BRITHDIR	a township	Imperial
CILLMACHALLT	a township	Imperial
Cilmachallt	township	Bartholomew
CROESLLWYBIR	a township	Imperial
Glynhafren	hamlet	Bartholomew
GLYNHAFREN	a hamlet	Imperial
Hengynwithfach	hamlet	Bartholomew
HENGYNWITHFACH	a township	Imperial
MANLETH	a township	Imperial
YSTRADYNOD	a township	Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Llanidloes within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller	Section	No. of Refs.
Robert Gammage	Touring the Welsh border in 1852 and 1853	5
William Camden	Rest of Wales	1
Charles Wesley	May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland	1
Charles Wesley	Jan: 15 - Apr. 29, 1748: Ireland, Wales and meeting future wife	1
Charles Wesley	May 1 - Aug. 31, 1748: London, Wales and Ireland	1
Charles Wesley	Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales	1
Robert Gammage	Touring South Wales	1
John Wesley	1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy	1
John Wesley	1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days	1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place	Mentioned in Travel Writing	Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Cilmachallt	0	2
Glan Y Nant	0	2
Glynbrochan	0	2
Hengynwydd	0	2
Rhydfaes	0	1
Banhadlog	0	2
Llandinam	0	2
Brithdir	0	2
Trefeglwys	0	2
Trewythan	0	1
Llangurig	2	2
Glyntrefnant	0	2
Cenarth	0	2
St Harmon	1	2
Caersws	0	2
Moat Lane	0	2
Mochdre	0	3
Llanwnnog	0	2
Penystrywaid	0	2
Carno	0	3