Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a town, neighborhood as well as electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in area, is the second biggest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The area consists of a number of hamlets: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed and also Pennant. The initial centre is at Llan, when driving to Llanidloes, where the neighborhood parish church of St Mary is located. The existing centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and also B4518 rose to local prominence with the structure of the brand-new turnpike road in 1821 as well as the arrival of the train line between Newtown as well as Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the neighborhood includes the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and also Afon Rhiw Saeson-- as well as the bordering uplands. The 3 rivers join around the primary village as well as flow westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi as well as Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian railway line, integrated in the 1860s, runs through Llanbrynmair and also temporarily offered an outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles southern. The village station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a degree going across alongside the station yet, following the unintentional fatality of an American site visitor in October 1999 and also its description as a "blackspot", the going across was shut as well as the road diverted. The location is primarily Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was fortunate to get away the foot and also mouth illness outbreak in Britain in 2001.
