|
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Knucklas from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "KNUCKLAS, or CNWCLAS, a decayed ancient town in Heyop and Llanfihangel-Beguildy parishes, Radnor; on the river Teme, under Fynnon-Menyn, amid a barren hilly country, near Offa's dyke, 2 miles NW of Knighton [railway] station. It had formerly a castle of the Mortimers, built in 1242; it unites with Knighton, New Radnor, Cefnllys, Presteigne, and Rhayader, in sending a member to parliament; and it is governed by a bailiff, burgesses, and other officers; but it is now a mere village. Population: 377. Houses: 66. Population of the Heyop portion: 208. Houses: 34. Vavasour Powell, the nonconformist, was a native. Dol-y-Felin, an old seat of the Richardses, is in the neighbourhood."
|
