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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llangynog like this:
LLANGYNOG, a parish in Builth district, Brecon; under Mynydd-Epynt mountains, 3½ miles S by E of Builth r. station. Post town, Builth, Breconshire. Acres, 1,429. Real property, £363. Pop., 51. Houses, 11. The surface is hilly. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £69. Patron, the Bishop of St. David's. The church is dedicated to St. Cynog.
Llangynog is now part of POWYS District. Click here for graphs and data of how POWYS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llangynog itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llangynog, in Powys and Brecknockshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6459
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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