Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a town, neighborhood and selecting ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws as well as Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in location, is the 2nd biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The area includes a number of hamlets: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed as well as Pennant. The initial centre is at Llan, when driving to Llanidloes, where the regional parish church of St Mary lies. The existing centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and also B4518 rose to neighborhood prominence with the structure 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 community includes the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and the surrounding uplands. The three rivers join around the primary village as well as circulation westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi and Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian railway line, integrated in the 1860s, goes through Llanbrynmair as well as for a while offered an electrical 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 crossing alongside the terminal but, complying with the unintended fatality of an American site visitor in October 1999 and also its summary as a "blackspot", the going across was closed and also the road drawn away. The location is mainly Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was fortunate to escape the foot as well as mouth disease episode in Britain in 2001.