Llanidloes — Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Llanidloes, a municipal and parliamentary borough of Montgomeryshire, North Wales, on the Severn, $56\frac{1}{2}$ miles NW. of Hereford by rail and 56 SW. of Shrewsbury. Its interesting church, built partly with materials from Cwmhir Abbey, was restored in 1882. Considerable manufactures of flannel and other woollen fabrics are carried on; and in the neighbourhood are extensive lead-mines. With Montgomery, &c., Llanidloes returns a member. Pop. (1851) 3045; (1881) 3421; (1891) 2574.