Llandinam
Llandinam is a town and area in Montgomeryshire, Powys, central Wales, in between Newtown and Llanidloes, located on the A470. As a neighborhood, Llandinam is made up of the village itself, tiny hamlets consisting of Plas Dinam as well as Little London and a number of ranches. Llandinam was the family home of David Davies who was responsible for much of the development of the South Wales Valleys and the export of coal in the 19th century. Your house that David Davies constructed, Broneirion, remains a sophisticated nation mansion owned by Girlguiding Cymru. The moms and dads of Murray Humphreys, among Chicago's many feared Prohibition mobsters, emigrated to the USA from the village in the late 1890s. The bridge from the highway over towards Broneirion was the initial cast iron bridge created in the county, created by Thomas Penson and built by Davies 1846. It covers 90 feet (27.5 m). At the eastern end of the bridge there is a statue of David Davies. Gordonstoun college was evacuated below for the duration of World War II. The neighborhood village college was intimidated with closure in 2003 as a result of falling pupil numbers; thanks to a preferred local project it was temporarily conserved. A selecting ward in the exact same name exists, which additionally covers the neighbouring community of Mochdre. The populace of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,405. It chose its very first Conservative County Councillor in May 2017.
