Pen-y-Bont-Fawr
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr[1]) is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales (many nearby hospitals are in England).[2]
It is in the electoral ward of Llanwddyn.
St Thomas's Church was built in 1855 in the Victorian Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building.[3]
Robert Ellis (1812–1875), bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor and lexicographer, He was born nearby at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog.
Penybontfawr railway station was on the Tanat Valley Light Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.
References
[edit]- ^ "Penybontfawr, Powys - Powys". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ "Parish Church of St Thomas". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
52°48′38″N 3°21′23″W / 52.8105°N 3.3565°W
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