Pen-y-Bont-Fawr explained

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.

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52.8105°N -3.3565°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penybontfawr, Powys - Powys . . 10 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics.
  3. Web site: Parish Church of St Thomas . British Listed Buildings . 10 March 2020.