is an extensive parish, near the south-western verge of the county, nine miles north-west from Kington, comprehending the townships of Kevancalanog, Rugantine, and Trebrodier, which together comprise an area of 8,664 acres of land, of which 5,950 are in common lands. The tithes are commuted for £214. 2s. Rateable value of the parish, £2,037. 2s. 6d. At the census of 1841 there were 308 inhabitants; 1851, 452.
Kevancalanog township has a scattered population, and in 1841 had 232 inhabitants, at which period 19 persons were returned as resident in Clun parish. This township contains 4,800 acres of land, the tithes of which have been commuted for £67. 5s. The Earl of Powis is the principal landowner and lord of the manor. Michael Jones, Esq., and others are also proprietors.
Rugantine township lies on the western borders of the county, and contains 1,970 acres of land, separated from Radnorshire by the river Teme, which adds beauty and fertility to this delightful valley. One thousand three hundred and fifty acres of the land in this township are in open common. The principal owners are the Earl of Powis; John Lloyd, Esq.; William Price, Esq.; and George Green, Esq. At the census of 1841 there were 19 houses and 100 inhabitants. The tithes are commuted for £66. 7s.
Trebrodier, a township in the parish of Bettws-y-Crwyn, is situated on the south-west verge of the county, on the borders of Wales. In 1841 there were 26 houses and 139 inhabitants. The chief landowners are the Earl of Powis; Edward Jones, Esq.; Thomas Hamer, Esq.; Michael Jones, Esq.; Mr. Francis Howells; and Mr. Charles Lloyd. At the Moat, in this township, the residence of E. Jones, Esq., is a lofty mound, or barrow of the ancient Britons, which is surrounded by a deep moat. The Church is an irregular built structure of considerable antiquity, in an isolated position, and surrounded by uninclosed lands. It consists of nave and chancel, and has a belfry with one bell, which can only be heard at one house in the whole parish. The ceiling of the church is of timber, beautifully carved. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Earl of Powis, and incumbency of the Rev. R. N. Kinchant.
Directories.—Kevancalanog: John Brown, farmer, Dyfryn; William Davies, farmer, Brook House; Richard Gough, farmer; Mary Hamer, farmer, Dyfryn; Richard Hudson, farmer, Black Mountain; Edward Jones, farmer, Moar Hall; Edward Owen, farmer, Hall of the Forest; John Price, farmer, Upper Lawn; William Pritchard, farmer, New House.
Rugantine: Joseph and Thomas Chandler, farmers; John Davies, farmer; George Lloyd, farmer; John Lloyd, farmer; William Price, farmer.
Trebrodier: George Hamer, farmer; William Hughes, farmer; Edward Jones, farmer, The Moat: Mr. Chas. Lloyd, Bettws; John Lloyd, farmer, Bettws; John Morris, farmer, Hambly-cot-farm; William Richards, farmer, Cross House.
LLANVAIR-WATERDINE
is an extensive parish on the extreme south western borders of Shropshire, divided from Radnorshire by the river Teme. It contains the townships of Clewilsey, Funnanvair, Llanvair, Maneythesney, Selley, Skyborry, and Trebert, which had at the census of 1841 108 houses and 603 inhabitants; population in 1801, 466; and in 1831, 566. The village of Llanvair is pleasantly situated on the northern banks of the river Teme, four miles N.W. of Knighton, and has an area of 280a. 1r. 20p. of land, the rateable value of which is £312. 0s. 6d. The principal landowners are the trustees of Millington’s charity, Shrewsbury; George Davies, Esq., and Edward Griffiths, Esq. The township had at the census of 1841 twenty houses and 102 persons.
The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, consists of nave, chancel, and south aisle, which is separated from the body of the church by a row of oak pillars, beautifully carved. The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the Earl of Powis and incumbency of the Rev. John R. N. Kinchant. The tithes are commuted for £375. Previous to the year 1714 several donors left sums of money, amounting in the whole to £40, for the benefit of the poor, which was expended in 1714 in the purchase of about three acres of ground, the rent of which is now given to the poor. The Rev. John Davies, D.D., by will, left the sum of £100 for the benefit of the poor. This sum was lost in 1772, by the insolvency of the person in whose hands it was placed out at interest.