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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dyffryn Honddu like this:
DYFFRIN-HONDDU, two hamlets and a chapelry in Merthyr-Cynog parish, Brecon. The hamlets are Upper and Lower; and lie in the Honddu valley, 8½ miles NNW of Brecon town and r. station. Pop., 187 and 196. Houses, 36 and 36. The chapelry consists of the two hamlets; and its post town is Brecon. Rated property, £948. Pop., 383. The property is much subdivided The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £66. Patron, the Vicar of Merthyr-Cynog. The church is good.
Dyffryn Honddu is now part of POWYS District. Click here for graphs and data of how POWYS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dyffryn Honddu itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dyffryn Honddu, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24350
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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