LLANGURIG, or LLANGIRRIG (LLANGURIG), a parish, in the union of NEWTOWN-AND-LLANIDLOES, upper division of the hundred of
LLANIDLOES, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (S. W.) from Llanidloes, on the road to Aberystwith; containing
1951 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the northern bank of the river Wye, at no great distance from its source in
the neighbouring mountain of Plinlimmon; and is bounded on the north by the parishes of Llanidloes and Treveglwys, on the
south by those of Cwm-Toyddwr and St. Harmon, in the county of Radnor, on the east by Llandinam and Llanidloes, and on the
west by Llanbadarn-Vawr and Llanvihangel-y-Creiddyn, in the county of Cardigan. A new road leading from the village to
Rhaiadr, in the shire of Radnor, formed in 1830, has placed it on the nearest route from London to Aberystwith, and added
materially to its interest and importance; and this line of road, which is nine miles and a half in length, winds through
the beautiful and picturesque Vale of the Wye, abounding with pleasingly diversified scenery. The parish comprises by
computation 35,000 acres, of which, about 8000 are arable, 25,000 pasture and sheep-walks, and the remainder woodland. The
northern, southern, and western parts are mountainous and dreary, but the eastern portion is marked by less lofty
elevations, and is well-wooded and ornamented with much romantic scenery. The distant views from several parts are
interesting; and from Glyn-Brochan is an extensive and delightful prospect, embracing the Vale of Llandiloes, with the
windings of the river Severn, and the mountainous ridges by which this district is bounded. Of the rateable annual value,
the return made amounts to £3749. A few persons are engaged in quarrying flag-stones, which are abundant; and there are
three or four flannel manufactories, giving employment together to about 150 men and children: four corn-mills employ
three or four hands each. The living is a vicarage, rated in the king's books at £9. 10.; patron, Bishop of Bangor;
impropriator, Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart.: the vicarial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £280, being one-fourth
of the whole. The church, dedicated to St. Curig, a saint of the seventh century, is an ancient structure, in the early
English style, with a tower containing three bells; it is 37 yards long and 15 broad, and affords accommodation to about
600 persons: the remains of an elaborately carved screen and rood-loft having become dilapidated were lately removed.
There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Welsh Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. A day school was
established in 1832, by the Rev. E. James, M.A., curate, and contains upwards of sixty children, forty-three of whom are
paid for by annual subscriptions, every subscriber of 10s. being allowed to send a child for one year, and the rest are
instructed at the expense of their parents. There are also four Sunday schools, supported by subscription, in one of
which, connected with the Established Church, are 56 males and females; the rest appertain to the dissenters, and contain
about 170. Mr. David Vaughan bequeathed £10 to the poor, the interest of which is annually distributed among them. In
1826, a noble, coined in the reign of Edward III., was dug up in the parish.