Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARMON (ST.)

HARMON (ST.) a parish in Rhayader district, Radnor; on an affluent of the river Wye, under Rhydd-Hywel, 4 miles NNE of Rhayader r. station. It contains the township of Cenarth, Clase, and Rhuwrriad; and its post-town is Rhayader. Acres, 12,000. Real property, £3,207. Pop., 902. Houses, 152. The property is subdivided. The rocks include slate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £161. Patron, the Bishop of St. Davids. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: St Harmon CP/AP       Rhayader RegD/PLU       Radnorshire AncC
Place names: HARMON ST     |     ST HARMON
Place: St Harmon

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