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Llanwrthwl

Llanwrthwl
St. Gwrthwl's Parish Church, Llanwrthwl. - geograph.org.uk - 147764.jpg
St. Gwrthwl's Parish Church
Llanwrthwl is located in Powys
Llanwrthwl
Llanwrthwl
Llanwrthwl shown within Powys
Population 197 (2011)
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Llandrindod Wells
Postcode district LD1
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
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Wales
Powys
52°16′00″N 3°30′00″W / 52.266667°N 3.5°W / 52.266667; -3.5Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 3°30′00″W / 52.266667°N 3.5°W / 52.266667; -3.5

Llanwrthwl is a village in Powys, mid Wales. Llanwrthwl lies off the A470 road, north by road from Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye and south of Rhayader. It lies on the River Wye and River Elan and the village is accessed by a bridge over the Wye. In 1833, its population was 517; its population in 1841 was 568; in 1845, its population was 563. In 2005 the community had a population of 201, an electorate of 137 and a council of seven members.

Llanwrthwl, composed of an Upper and a Lower division, derives its name from the dedication of its church.

St Gwrthwl, a saint whose date is uncertain, founded the church of Llanwrthwl; he is commemorated on March 2.Bronze Age gold work was discovered at Llanwrthwl in the 1950s, including a four-flanged bar torc, a circular sectioned bar torc, a square sectioned bar torc and a twisted ring.

A commemorative stone, from the precincts of the extinct chapel of Llanwrthwl, was found at Maes Llanwrthwl (Llanwrthwl Field) with a Paulinus monument and the epitaph: Talorm | Adventvh | MAQVERIGH | FIUIVS. It was in several pieces, and at least one of those pieces was missing. It was later preserved and housed at the residence of the Jones family at Dolau Cothi, Carmarthenshire.

The parish was a prebend in the Collegiate Church of Brecknock and the church was dedicated to St. Wrthwl, or possibly Mwthwl. In 1840s there was a day school in the upper part of the parish, attended by about 30 children. There was also a Sunday School. A sum of £16 was divided among the poor in January of each year, arising partly from a 1648 bequest by Edward ab Evan of the farm Cae'r Llan.

In the 19th century, Llanwrthwl was in the county of Brecknockshire, and was a parish in the hundred of Buallt. The village is situated upon the River Elan, near to its union with the River Wye, about three miles, south by east, from Rhayader. Llanwrthwl parish is situated at the northern extremity of the county, bordering upon Radnorshire, from which it is separated on the north and north-east by the River Wye, and on the west and north-west by the streams of the Claerwen and Elan, which fall into that river, on the northeastern confines of the parish. The rivulets Runnant and Dulas are the principal of the smaller streams that intersect the parish. It comprises about 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of extremely irregular surface, rising in some parts into lofty hills, alternated with large tracts of level ground, forming extensive commons and bogs. The soil on the higher grounds is rocky, and in the lower generally of a marshy nature, but on the banks of the Wye and Elan there are some fertile meadows. The surrounding scenery is diversified, and in many parts highly picturesque. Copper ore has been found near the junction of the Elan with the Wye.


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