In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llandeilor Fan like this:
LLANDILO-VANE, or LLANDILO-AFAN, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Brecon; on the river Ciliene, an affluent of the Usk, under MynyddBwlch-y-Groes, near the boundary with Carmarthen, 8¼ miles E by N of Llandovery r. station, and 11 WNW of Brecon. Post town, Brecon. ...
Acres, 10,491. Real property, £1,946. Pop., 496. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to Strata-Florida abbey. Llandilo Hall belongs to the Lloyds. Much of the surface is upland. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £83. Patrons, the Coheirs of W. Jeffreys, Esq. The church was recently in disrepair.
Llandeilor Fan through time
Llandeilor Fan is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llandeilor Fan itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llandeilor Fan, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5382
Date accessed: 21st October 2024
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