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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grwynefechan like this:
GRWYNE-FAWR and GRWYNE-FECHAN, two hamlets in Talgarth parish, Brecon; on two affluents of the river Usk, under the Black mountains, 3 miles NE of Talgarth. Acres, 4, 900. Pop., 19 and 87. house, 3 and 14.
Grwynefechan is now part of POWYS District. Click here for graphs and data of how POWYS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grwynefechan itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grwynefechan, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5328
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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