Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, area and selecting ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws as well as Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in area, is the second largest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The area includes numerous hamlets: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed and also Pennant. The original centre is at Llan, when traveling to Llanidloes, where the regional parish church of St Mary is located. The current centre (previously called "Wynnstay") at the joint of the A470 and also B4518 rose to local importance with the structure of the new turnpike road in 1821 as well as the arrival of the railway line in between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the area includes the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and also the surrounding uplands. The 3 rivers join around the major town and also circulation westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi as well as Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian train line, integrated in the 1860s, runs through Llanbrynmair and also temporarily offered 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 alongside the station yet, following the unintentional fatality of an American site visitor in October 1999 and its description as a "blackspot", the going across was shut and the road drawn away. The area is primarily Welsh-speaking and also reliant upon livestock farming. It was lucky to get away the foot and also mouth illness outbreak in Britain in 2001.