Aberedw, Radnorshire
Historical Description
Aberedw, a small village and a parish in Radnorshire, at the influx of the Edw to the Wye, with a station on the Cambrian railway, 4 miles SE of Builth. Post town, Builth. Acreage, 4861; population of the civil parish, 195; of the ecclesiastical, 344. Aberedw Castle, now reduced to mouldering walls, much hidden by foliage, on the summit of a mound, was the hunting-seat of Llewelyn-ap-Griffith, the last native prince of Wales. The adjacent scenery, up the glen of the Edw, is highly picturesque. Prince Llewelyn was slain in the vicinity; and an excavation in the rock, about 6 feet square, still bears the name of Llewelyn's Cave. The living is a rectory, united with Llanfaredd, in the diocese of St David's; net value, £303. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church is an old edifice, in good condition, on an eminence a short way above the castle.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Radnorshire | |
Archdeaconry | Breion | |
County Court district | Builth | |
Diocese | St. Davids | |
Hundred | Colwyn | |
Petty-Sessional Division | Colwyn | |
Poor Law union | Builth | |
Registration district | Builth | 1837 - 1933 |
Registration district | Radnorshire West | 1933 - 1974 |
Rural Deanery | Elwel |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
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Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Radnorshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Aberedw are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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