Llanigon, Breconshire

Description
Llanigon, a village and a parish in Brecknockshire. The village lies near the river Wye, the boundary with Radnorshire, and the Black Mountains, 2 miles SSW of Hay. The parish contains also the hamlet of Glynfach, and its post town is Hay (R.S.O.) Acreage, 4687; population of the civil parish, 336 ; of the ecclesiastical, 386. Llanthomas belonged to Earl Fen'ers, passed to the Gwynnes, and now belongs to the Thomas family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St David's; net value, £158. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5