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Dyffrin Honddu, Breconshire

Historical Description

Dyffrin-Honddu, two hamlets and a chapelry in Merthyr-Cynog parish, Brecknockshire. The hamlets are Upper and Lower, and lie in the Honddu Valley, 8½ miles NNW of Brecon. The chapelry consists of the two hamlets, and its post town is Brecon. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of St David's. The church is good.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Land and Property

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