Llanigon

Llanigon is a village and community in Powys, Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1. 5 miles (2 km) to the east. HistoryThe parish church is dedicated to the mysterious St. Eigon, who may have been a daughter of Caratacus or (more probably) a brother of St. Cynidr of nearby Glasbury. The former interpretation has inspired Barbara Erskine's novel The Warrior's Princess, partly set in Llanigon. The church predates the Norman Conquest, though the current building (parts of which are Norman) is somewhat later. The manor was formerly known as Llanthomas (or Thomas Church) and was part of the lordship of Hay. Remains of a motte, believed to be 11th or 12th century, survive near the old manor house, which was demolished in the 20th century. In 1522, the manor belonged to Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford and was said to be the birthplace of William Thomas. Llwynllwyd barn, to the west of the village, was a dissenting academy in the eighteenth century. The pioneer Welsh Methodist Howell Harris and the hymn writer William Williams Pantycelyn were both educated there.

Llanigon is a village and community in Powys, Wales on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1. 5 miles (2 km) to the east. HistoryThe parish church is dedicated to the mysterious St. Eigon, who may have been a daughter of Caratacus or (more probably) a brother of St. Cynidr of nearby Glasbury. The former interpretation has inspired Barbara Erskine's novel The Warrior's Princess, partly set in Llanigon. The church predates the Norman Conquest, though the current building (parts of which are Norman) is somewhat later. The manor was formerly known as Llanthomas (or Thomas Church) and was part of the lordship of Hay. Remains of a motte, believed to be 11th or 12th century, survive near the old manor house, which was demolished in the 20th century. In 1522, the manor belonged to Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford and was said to be the birthplace of William Thomas. Llwynllwyd barn, to the west of the village, was a dissenting academy in the eighteenth century. The pioneer Welsh Methodist Howell Harris and the hymn writer William Williams Pantycelyn were both educated there.