Historic churches · North Wales
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr) is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 3
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- 30 min–1 h
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Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr) is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales (many nearby hospitals are in England). It is in the electoral ward of Llanwddyn. St Thomas's Church was built in 1855 in the Victorian Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building. Robert Ellis (1812–1875), bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor and lexicographer, He was born nearby at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog. Penybontfawr railway station was on the Tanat Valley Light Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.
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Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr) is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales (many nearby hospitals are in England). It is in the electoral ward of Llanwddyn. St Thomas's Church was built in 1855 in the Victorian Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building. Robert Ellis (1812–1875), bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor and lexicographer, He was born nearby at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog. Penybontfawr railway station was on the Tanat Valley Light Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.
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- Coordinates
- 52.8105, -3.3565
Sources
- wikipedia: Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Pen-y-Bont-Fawr?
- Pen-y-Bont-Fawr is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.8105°, -3.3565°.