LLANFIHANGEL-TAL-Y-LLYN, a parish in the district and county of Brecon; on the Hereford and Brecon railway, and on Llyn-Savaddan lake, 5 miles E of Brecon. Post town, Brecon. Acres, 1,233. Real property, £1,305. Pop., 149. Houses, 36. The manor belonged to Bernard Newmarch; passed to the Walwyns, the Wynters, the Phillipses, and others; and belongs now to the Bolds of Hamlin Hall. L1yn-Savaddan lake is about 2 miles long, and 1 mile wide; and affords good fishing in perch, pike, and other fish. The name Tal-y-Llyn signifies ''the head of the lake. ''The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £158. Patron, the Rev. Hugh Bold.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))