Ewyas Lacy
Ewyas Lacy is a hundred in the south-west of Herefordshire, adjacent to the borders with Monmouthshire and Brecknockshire. It is bounded by Huntington Hundred to the north; by Webtree to the east; by Monmouthshire's Skenfrith Hundred to the south; by Abergavenny Hundred, also in Monmouthshire, to the south-west; and by Brecknockshire's Talgarth Hundred to the west. There is also a small border with Radnorshire to the north-west, at Hay-on-Wye.
It was part of the ancient Welsh region of Ewyas claimed by the de Lacy family following the Norman Conquest. It is the least populous of the county's hundreds, with a population in 2011 of 1,965, falling to 1,912 if detached parts are disregarded.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Clodock (Craswall, Longtown, Llanveynoe & Newton)
- Cusop
- Cwmyoy (Fwthog & Bwlch Trewyn)*
- Llancillo
- Michaelchurch Escley
- Rowlestone
- St Margarets
- Walterstone
*: Detached in Monmouthshire. Remainder in Monmouthshire.
Outside links
- ewyaslacy.org.uk
- "History of Ewyas Lacy in Herefordshire". Vision of Britain. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=26152. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- "Ewyas Lacy". Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=105703. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
| Hundreds of Herefordshire |
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Broxash • Ewyas Lacy • Greytree • Grimsworth (including Hereford) • Huntington • Radlow • Stretford • Webtree • Wigmore • Wolphy • Wormelow |