Gladestry - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
GLADESTRY, a parish, in the union of Kington, hundred and county of Radnor, South Wales, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Kington; containing 366 inhabitants. This parish, comprising by admeasurement 3220 acres, 2 roods, and 20 perches, is situated on the river Gwyddel, and intersected by a crossroad from Hay to the borough of New Radnor. The old inclosed lands are in a good state of cultivation: in 1810, an act of parliament was obtained, in conjunction with the parish of Colva, for the inclosure of a common lying partly within the limits of each. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at �12. 19. 4�., and in the patronage of the Crown; present net income, �308. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small neat edifice, consisting of a nave, chancel, and one aisle, with a tower surmounted by a low spire, and having five bells. A day and Sunday school in connexion with the Church was commenced in 1835, and there is also a Sunday school belonging to the Baptists, who have a meetinghouse here. Mrs. Cassandra Davies, in 1744, bequeathed a rent-charge of �10 per annum, of which she devised �2 to the poor of this parish not receiving parochial relief; and the sum of �50, secured upon the Bredwardine and Whitney turnpike trusts, was also bequeathed by an unknown benefactor for the relief of poor housekeepers. | 
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