Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, community and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in location, is the second biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The area includes numerous communities: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed as well as Pennant. The initial centre goes to Llan, when traveling to Llanidloes, where the neighborhood parish church of St Mary lies. The existing centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the joint of the A470 and also B4518 rose to neighborhood importance with the building of the new turnpike road in 1821 as well as the arrival of the train line in between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the neighborhood consists of the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and also Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and the bordering uplands. The 3 rivers sign up with around the major town and flow westwards as the Afon Twymyn in the direction of the Afon Dyfi and also Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian train line, built in the 1860s, runs through Llanbrynmair and for a time supplied an electrical outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles southern. The town station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a degree going across beside the terminal but, complying with the accidental fatality of an American visitor in October 1999 as well as its summary as a "blackspot", the going across was shut and also the road diverted. The area is primarily Welsh-speaking and also reliant upon livestock farming. It was privileged to escape the foot and also mouth illness break out in Britain in 2001.