Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, area and also electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in area, is the 2nd biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The neighborhood consists of several districts: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed and Pennant. The original centre is at Llan, when traveling to Llanidloes, where the local parish church of St Mary is located. The present centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the joint of the A470 and also B4518 rose to neighborhood importance with the structure of the brand-new turnpike road in 1821 and also the arrival of the railway line between Newtown as well as Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the area consists of the valleys of 3 rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and also Afon Rhiw Saeson-- as well as the bordering uplands. The three rivers join around the main village as well as circulation westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi as well as Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian railway line, constructed in the 1860s, goes through Llanbrynmair as well as temporarily supplied an outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles south. The town station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a degree going across next to the station yet, following the unintentional fatality of an American visitor in October 1999 as well as its summary as a "blackspot", the crossing was closed and the road diverted. The area is mostly Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was lucky to run away the foot and also mouth disease episode in Britain in 2001.
