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Llan-gors / Llangorse

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"LLANGORSE, a parish in the hundred of Talgarth, county Brecon, 6 miles E. of Brecknock, its post town, and 7 N.W. of Crickhowell. It is situated on the river Llynvi, within a short distance of Llangorse Lake, sometimes called Llyn Savaddan, which abounds with fish. The lake is about 5 miles in circumference, and ranks as the second lake in Wales after Bala. The tram-road to Hay passes through the parish. The neighbourhood, especially in the vicinity of the lake, is much frequented for the sake of its pike fishing, and in winter for its wild fowl shooting. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. David's, value £170, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church, dedicated to St. Paulinus, has a good cradle roof. The parochial charities amount to about £5 per annum. Here are remains of an establishment called Cwrt-y-Prin, formerly belonging to Brecon priory, also the ruins of Blaen-lyffni Castle." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Bibliography

Figgis, N P. Dead men's boats : the early mediaeval canoe from Llan-gors and the sunken dug-outs of Wales and the Marches. Borth] : Atelier Productions, 1995.

Parry, Edward G. Llyn Llan-gors: 2. The historical background. Brycheiniog 22 (1987), p. 36-9

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Census

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Church History

Church of St Paulinus, Llangorse on the Brecknockshire Churches Survey site.

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Church Records

Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given under Breconshire Parish Registers on the Powys Archives website

As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;

  • Baptisms 1693-1789, 1794-1965; Marriages 1693-1753, 1756-1971; Burials 1693-1789, 1794-1927. Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW and/or Powys Archives. Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW
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Description & Travel

Walk Wales site - pictures of walk around Mynydd Llangorse, Mynydd Troed, the lake and Allt yr Esgair.

The Middle Usk: Brecon and Llangorse on the Historic Landscape Characterisation site.

    You can see pictures of Llan-gors / Llangorse which are provided by:

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    Gazetteers

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    Maps

    Victorian Powys for schools website - Map of Llangorse in 1842.

    You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO148286 (Lat/Lon: 51.948888, -3.241739), Llan-gors / Llangorse which are provided by:

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    Names, Geographical

    Places, villages, farms etc., within Llangorse parish as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file] (Kain, R. J. P., Oliver, R. R.). (Extracted by John Ball)

    • Llangorse [41] - Bwlo, Cae Cottrel, Caenant, Capel, Cathedine fawr, Cefn-y-wern, Cockit, Crugian, Cwm, Cwrt-y-Prior, Heol-ddu, Llangorse, Llwyn-bedw, Mynydd Llangorse, Pendre, Pen-llanafel, Tref-Einon, Trefeinon Station.