Bwlch, Breconshire

Historical Description

Bwlch, a pass and a small village in the E of Breconshire, 2½ miles SE of Talybont station on the Brecon and Merthyr railway, and 6 NW of Crickhowell, on the road to Brecon. The pass is 800 feet high, and is the highest point of the road from Brecon to Abergavenny, crossing here the Buckland Mountain. It commands a fine view. The village is straggling, and has a post and money order office (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Talybont.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bwlch from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bwlch)

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Breconshire is online.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail