Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, neighborhood and electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in area, is the 2nd largest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The neighborhood includes numerous communities: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed as well as Pennant. The original centre is at Llan, when traveling to Llanidloes, where the regional parish church of St Mary is located. The present centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and also B4518 rose to regional importance with the structure of the new turnpike road in 1821 and also the arrival of the train line in between Newtown and also Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the community includes the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and also Afon Rhiw Saeson-- and also the bordering uplands. The three rivers join around the major village and circulation westwards as the Afon Twymyn in the direction of the Afon Dyfi and Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian train line, built in the 1860s, goes through Llanbrynmair and for a time offered an outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles southern. The town station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a level going across alongside the station however, adhering to the unexpected fatality of an American visitor in October 1999 as well as its summary as a "blackspot", the crossing was closed and also the road diverted. The area is primarily Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was fortunate to leave the foot and mouth disease episode in Britain in 2001.
