LLANGUNLLO (LLAN-GYNLLO), a parish, comprising the Upper and Lower divisions, in the union of KNIGHTON, hundred of KEVENLLEECE, county of RADNOR, SOUTH WALES,, 4 miles (W.) from Knighton; and containing 444 inhabitants, of which number 284 are resident in the Upper, and 160 in the Lower, division. This place, which derives its name from the dedication of its church to St. Cynllo, an ancient British saint who flourished about the middle of the fifth century, is situated in the north-eastern portion of the county, about two miles to the west of the road leading from Knighton to Pen-y-Bont; and is bounded by the parishes of Beguildy and Heyop on the north, on the south by that of Blethva, on the east by that of Knighton, and on the west by that of Llanbister. It extends nearly four miles in length and three in breadth, comprising by computation about 4000 acres, of which 1000 are arable, 2500 pasture, and the remainder woodland; the surface is mountainous, and the scenery, though not distinguished by any striking peculiarity of features, is in general pleasing, and on the side towards Knighton, in many parts highly picturesque. The Lfig, an inconsiderable stream, runs through the parish, which is rich in oak coppice, and commands from the more elevated grounds some interesting and finely varied prospects over the valley of Cwm Heyop, which is partly within the parish: the hills are dry, and afford good pasturage for sheep; and in the vale the soil is rich and fertile, and produces good wheat, oats, barley, and turnips. In ancient writings this place is styled " Llan Gynllo cum Capellis," and the parochial church of Pillith is said to have been formerly a chapel to the mother church of this parish. Llangunllo, with Pillith, constitutes a prebend in the collegiate church of Brecknock, valued in the king's books at £13, and in the gift of the Bishop of St. David's. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Pillith annexed, rated in the king's books at £5. 1. 0+., and endowed with £200 royal bounty; present net income, £98, with a glebe-house; patron, the Bishop. Three-fourths of the tithes of this parish, and also of that of Pillith, belong to the prebendary of Llangunllo, and the remainder to the vicar; they have been commuted for a rent-charge of £400, of which, a sum of £300 is payable to the prebendary, and £100 to the vicar, which latter is subject to rates, averaging £6. 13. 6.; and the incumbent also has a glebe of 4 acres, valued at £5 per annum. The church is an ancient edifice, consisting of a nave and chancel, and is eighty feet in length, and thirty in breadth in the middle, and contains about two hundred sittings, of which twelve are free. A day school is endowed with a house and four acres of land, producing £5 per annum, purchased in 1766, with a bequest of £40, by Thomas Holland; six children are gratuitously instructed, and the master, who is also vestry clerk, teaches twenty-five others as pay scholars. John Blashfield, in 1795, left £30, the interest to be expended in clothing the poor not receiving parochial aid; and it is distributed accordingly, after being allowed to accumulate for two or three years. William Bryan, in 1829, bequeathed £40, the interest of which, £1. 16., is divided on Good Friday among such poor people as have attained the age of eighty and upwards, agreeably to the will of the donor. Andrew Clarke, in 1752, bequeathed a rent-charge of £2; and Thomas Meyrick, in 1764, gave a charge of £1. 10., to be annually distributed among the 51 poor; but these two charities have been either lost, or never came into operation, under the Mortmain Act.