Pen-y-Bont-Fawr
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
- "Penybontfawr, Powys - Powys". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000339
- "Parish Church of St Thomas". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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