market-town of the county of Radnor, in South Wales. It is the county town, in which the assizes are held, being 151 miles from London, and 14 from Leominster, and is situated in a rich vale on the river Lug. The county jail is a fine building, and around the town are some pleasant walks and picturesque views. There is a good market, which is held on Saturday. The population was, in 1801, 1152; in 1811, 1211; in 1821, 1887; and in 1831, 1629; but the parish, a part of which is within the English county of Hereford, contained at the last census 3282 inhabitants.

Prester John, an appellation formerly given to an emperor of the Tartars, who was overcome and killed by Genghis Khan. Since that time it has been applied to the Emperor of Abyssinia or Ethiopia; but in Ethiopia itself this name is utterly unknown.