Ystradgynlais, Breconshire

Description
Ystradgynlais, a parish in Brecknockshire, on the Swansea Canal, 14 miles NNE of Swansea. It contains Ystrad-gynlais, Ystalyfera, and Gwys stations on the Neath and Brecon railway, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Swansea. Acreage, 22,044 of land and 155 of water; population, 4326. Anthracite, ironstone, and limestone abound. Tram railways have long been in use for the collieries and ironworks. A fall of 90 feet occurs on the river Llech. Hill forts, cairns, traces of a Roman road, and other antiquities are seen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St David's; gross value, £282 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of St David's. The church's walls include two inscribed stones supposed to be Roman. There are Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, and Congregational chapels.