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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PENKELLY, a hamlet and a hundred in Breconshire. The hamlet is in Llanvigan parish; lies 4¼ miles S E of Brecon; and has remains of a castle which belonged to the Mortimers, the Despencers, the Devereuxs, the Herberts, and others. Pop., 375. The hundred contains Llanvigan parish, eleven other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 65, 672. Pop. in 1851, 6,056; in 1861, 6, 465. Houses, 1, 353.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfeugan CP/AP Brecknockshire AncC |
| Place: | Penkelly |
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