From the Powys Montgomeryshire Village Book: "The ancient seat of Arwystli, once the seat of the Lords of Powys, includes the parish of Trefeglwys.

Folk tales abound in this delightful corner of mid-Wales. For instance, Talgarth, a very fine Elizabethan timber-framed house is at the site of the Hanging Tree. Local tales tell of a Scots pine used as a gibbet, the pine being of the place once occupied by an ancient oak."