Pen-y-Bont-Fawr

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Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr[1]) is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales located in the Tanat valley. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales. (The nearest hospitals are generally in England).[2]

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.[3]

Penybontfawr railway station was on the Tanat Valley Light Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.

References[]

  1. ^ "Penybontfawr, Powys - Powys". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. ^ "Parish Church of St Thomas". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

Coordinates: 52°48′38″N 3°21′23″W / 52.8105°N 3.3565°W / 52.8105; -3.3565


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