Llangynyw
| Llangynyw | |
|---|---|
  Llangynyw Location within Powys | |
| Population | 582 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ125085 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WELSHPOOL |
| Postcode district | SY21 |
| Post town | MEIFOD |
| Postcode district | SY22 |
| Dialling code | 01938 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Llangynyw (also Llangyniew) is a hamlet and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, mid Wales. It is located on a hill inside a bend in the River Banwy, approximately two miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion. The community includes the hamlet of Pontrobert.
The focus of the hamlet is the Parish Church of St. Cynyw, which dates from between 1450 and 1500 and is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
The parish of Llangynyw had a population of 551 when the 1801 census was taken, 430 in 1901, and 295 in 1971,[3] increasing back to 582 at the 2011 census.
Pentre Camp, an Iron Age hillfort, is near the hamlet.
References
[edit]- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ "Church of St Cynyw, Llangyniew". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "A vision of Llangynyw AP/CP". A Vision of Britain.
External links
[edit]- Llangyniew Community Council website
- LLANGYNIEW, National Gazetteer 1868 & Lewis 1833 transcriptions, Genuki
- Photographs of Llangynyw and the surrounding area, Geograph
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