Llanigon

St Eigon's Church

Llanigon is a village about 3km south-west of Hay-on-Wye, in Powys, Wales. Historically it was a parish in Brecknockshire.

The parish originally extended south to the border with Monmouthshire, and included the hamlets Ffordd-las and Capel-y-ffin. The main part of the parish, comprising Llanigon and Ffordd-las, was in the north. Capel-y-ffin was in Glynfach township to the south, and became a separate parish in or before 1821.

St Eigon's Church is first recorded between 1148 and 1155 as Sancto Egynon. In 1291 it was recorded as Llaneygan. From this it should be Llaneigon in modern Welsh - Llanigon being an anglicised spelling - but Llanigon is also the usual Welsh spelling.

The church was restored in 1857 and again after damage from World War II. Parts of the building may date to the 13th or 14th century. A church at this site likely dates to the early medieval era, but nothing remains from that time. Prior to 1135 it was apparently the principal church of the region.

Llanigon was also a civil parish, comprising the northern part of the parish; Glynfach was a separate civil parish. In 1974 civil parishes in Wales became communities and in 1986 it was merged with Glynfach. As of 2021 the community's population was 497.