Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, neighborhood as well as 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 several hamlets: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed and Pennant. The initial centre is at Llan, on the road to Llanidloes, where the neighborhood parish church of St Mary is located. The existing centre (previously called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and also B4518 rose to neighborhood prestige with the structure of the brand-new turnpike road in 1821 as well as the arrival of the railway line between Newtown and also Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the neighborhood includes the valleys of 3 rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and the surrounding uplands. The 3 rivers sign up with around the major village and also flow westwards as the Afon Twymyn in the direction of the Afon Dyfi and also Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian railway line, built in the 1860s, goes through Llanbrynmair and for a while offered an electrical 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 next to the station however, adhering to the unexpected fatality of an American visitor in October 1999 and its description as a "blackspot", the going across was closed and the road diverted. The area is mostly Welsh-speaking and also reliant upon livestock farming. It was fortunate to get away the foot and also mouth disease episode in Britain in 2001.
