Llanbrynmair
Llanbrynmair is a village, neighborhood as well as electoral ward in Montgomeryshire, Powys, on the A470 road in between Caersws and Machynlleth. Llanbrynmair, in location, is the second largest in Powys. In 2011, it had a population of 920. The area includes several hamlets: Talerddig, Dolfach, Tafolwern, Pandy, Cringoed as well as Pennant. The original centre goes to Llan, when traveling to Llanidloes, where the regional parish church of St Mary lies. The present centre (previously called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and also B4518 rose to neighborhood prestige with the building of the brand-new turnpike road in 1821 and the arrival of the railway line between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861. Geographically, the community includes the valleys of three rivers-- Afon Twymyn, Afon Iaen and Afon Rhiw Saeson-- as well as the surrounding uplands. The three rivers sign up with around the main town and also circulation westwards as the Afon Twymyn towards the Afon Dyfi and Cardigan Bay. The Cambrian railway line, integrated in the 1860s, runs through Llanbrynmair and temporarily provided an electrical outlet for the mines at Dylife, 8 miles south. The town station closed in 1965 as part of the "Beeching closures". There was a degree going across next to the station yet, complying with the unintended fatality of an American visitor in October 1999 as well as its summary as a "blackspot", the going across was shut and the road diverted. The area is mainly Welsh-speaking and reliant upon livestock farming. It was lucky to run away the foot as well as mouth disease outbreak in Britain in 2001.