Pentre-bach, Powys explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Pentre-bach
Welsh Name:Pentre-bach
Unitary Wales:Powys
Lieutenancy Wales:Powys
Constituency Westminster:Brecon and Radnorshire
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Brecon and Radnorshire
Postcode Area:LD
Postcode District:LD3
Post Town:Brecon
Coordinates:51.9854°N -3.5903°W

Pentre-bach (Welsh for "small village") is a hamlet (one of several in Wales with similar names) in Powys, Wales,[1] in the former county and current Shire Committee Area of Breconshire or Brecknockshire. It is located on the Afon Cilieni, a small tributary of the River Usk, between Brecon and Llandovery. The hamlet has a pub called the "Shoemakers Arms"[2] or Tafarn y Crydd, and a former chapel, originally Calvinistic Methodist, named "Beili-du",[3] Welsh for "black yard". The nearest church is in Llandeilo'r-Fan, 2 km to the NW, and the nearest shop is in Sennybridge, 4 km to the south.

Construction started of a railway line up the Cilieni valley, but was abandoned in 1867. (See Neath and Brecon Railway and.[4])

Notes and References

  1. https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/pentre-bach-powys--powys Pentre-bach, Powys - Powys - area information, map, walks and more
  2. https://thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/ld3+8ub/shoemakers+arms/ Shoemakers Arms - Pentre Bach, Brecon, Wales, LD3 8UB
  3. https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/Llandeilorfan/Beilidu Genuki: Beilidu Chapel, Bilidu, Pentre-Bach, Breconshire
  4. https://peza32.wixsite.com/shoemakers/about