PENSTRYWED (PEN-Y-STROWED), a parish, in the union of NEWTOWN-AND-LLANIDLOES, lower division of the hundred of LLANIDLOES, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 3 miles (W.) from Newtown; containing 138 inhabitants. This place, situated in the southern part of the county, and on the right bank of the river Severn, which nearly surrounds it, dividing it from the parishes of Aberhavesp and Llanllwaudarn, is bounded on the east and smith by those of Newtown, Moughtrey, and Llandinam, and intersected by the road leading from Newtown to Lianidloes. It contains by admeasuremeat 1800 acres, of which 800 are pasture, 500 amble, and the same quantity woodland; the soil of the arable portion, chiefly in the upper grounds, is;gravelly, prodacing wheat, barley, and turnips, but that of the beautiful meadow Jana near the Severn is a rich loam. The banks of the river are thickly studded with ornamental hedge-row trees, the meandering yet bold and majestic stream often appearing, gleam-mg through the foliage; indeed, the whole scenery of the parish is strikingly and beautifully diversified, hills crowned with umber, belpleasingly contrasted with fertile meadows. The prevailing timber is oak, and there are some splendid trees of this description, scarcely to be equalled, now standing in the pariah; an excellent stone quarry also, admirably adapted fbr building purposes, is worked to a considerable extent, many thousand tons being annually produced, and a church at Newtown was recently built of materials =tracked from the quarry. The annual value of tire parish is £680. The living is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £5. 0. 10.; patron, Bishop of Bangor: king's tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £110; and the glebe consists of 17f acres, with a house. The church, dedicated to St. George, is an ancient structure, in the early style of English architecture, appropriately fitted up, and is 40 feet long by 20 broad, containing 12 pews and 20 free sittings. A portion of the Roman road leading from Caer-Sws to the Gaer, near Montgomery, may be traced, for some part of its course, in the grounds of Min Havren, in the parish.