Tregunter, an old seat of the Gunters, from whom it derives its name, was originally bestowed by Bernard Newmarch upon Sir Peter Gunter or Gaunt d'or, in reward for his services in the reduction of Brycheiniog, and continued in that family for many years. The place was sometimes referred to as Gunterstone, a place long ago alienated from the powerful family which indelibly inscribed their name upon it, which Sir Peter's descendants possessed for six or seven generations, until they removed to Gilston, in the parish of Llanfigan, perhaps under stress of weather, or more probably esteeming the vale of Usk more desirable than the colder neighbourhood of Talgarth.
