PAINSCASTLE (PAIN'S-CASTLE), a hamlet and village (small), in the parish of LLANBEDR-PAINSCASTLE, union of HAY, hundred
of PAINSCASTLE, county of RADNOR, SOUTH WALES, 6 miles (N. W. by W.) from Hay: the population is included in the return
for the parish. It is situated in a vale near the northern bank of the Bfichwy stream, which nearly encircles the village,
and was formerly of much greater importance than it is at present, having had a castle and a market, but the former no
longer exists, and the latter has been discontinued; fairs, however, continue to be held on May 12th, September 22nd, and
December 15th, for horned cattle, sheep, and horses. Under the act of 1832, to "Amend the Representation," this is a
polling-place for the election of the knight of the shire; and the petty-sessions for the hundred are sometimes held
here. For an historical notice of the castle, which was once so considerable as to give name both to the village and
hundred, but of which the only vestige is the moat that surrounds the site, near the northwestern extremity of the
village, see the article on LLANBEDR-PAINSCASTLE.