Llandinam
Llandinam is a town and also neighborhood in Montgomeryshire, Powys, central Wales, in between Newtown and also Llanidloes, located on the A470. As a neighborhood, Llandinam is comprised of the village itself, small communities including Plas Dinam and also Little London as well as numerous farms. Llandinam was the family members home of David Davies who was in charge of much of the growth of the South Wales Valleys and the export of coal in the 19th century. The house that David Davies developed, Broneirion, continues to be a sophisticated country estate possessed by Girlguiding Cymru. The parents of Murray Humphreys, one of Chicago's the majority of been afraid Prohibition gangsters, emigrated to the United States from the town in the late 1890s. The bridge from the highway over in the direction of Broneirion was the very first cast iron bridge constructed in the county, developed by Thomas Penson as well as constructed by Davies 1846. It covers 90 feet (27.5 m). At the east end of the bridge there is a statuary of David Davies. Gordonstoun institution was left here for the duration of World War II. The regional town school was threatened with closure in 2003 due to dropping student numbers; thanks to a prominent neighborhood project it was briefly saved. An electoral ward in the same name exists, which also covers the neighbouring neighborhood of Mochdre. The population of this ward at the 2011 demographics was 1,405. It chose its first Conservative County Councillor in May 2017.