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Llansanffraid (other) , a village between Oswestry and Welshpool in Powys, Wales
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Llansanffraid and variant spellings of this Welsh place name may refer to: * Llansantffraed, a parish and small settlement in Talybont-on-Usk, near Brecon, in Powys, Wales * Llansantffraid, Ceredigion or Llansantffraed, a parish and village near Llanon in Ceredigion * Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, or Glyn Ceiriog, a village in Denbighshire * Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, a former parish in Denbighshire, Wales * Llansantffraed, Monmouthshire, a parish and village near Raglan in Monmouthshire * Llansantffraid railway station, a former station in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys, Wales * Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain is a large village (in the community (Wales), community of Llansantffraid) in Powys, Mid Wales, close to the border with Shropshire in England, about south west of Oswestry and north of Welshpool. It is on the A495 roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansantffraed
Llansantffraed (Llansantffraed-juxta-Usk) is a parish in the community of Talybont-on-Usk in Powys, Wales, near Brecon. The benefice of Llansantffraed with Llanrhystud and Llanddeiniol falls within the Diocese of St Davids in the Church in Wales. The church of St Ffraed is a Grade II listed building. It was largely restored in 1690 and was completely rebuilt in 1885 by the architect Stephen W. Williams. The parish is the burial place of the poet Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), who was born in the hamlet of Scethrog within the parish. Vaughan's grave in the churchyard, on the slopes of a hill known as Allt yr Esgair or simply The Allt, overlooks the River Usk. The poets Siegfried Sassoon, Roland Mathias, Brian Morris and Anne Cluysenaar were all inspired to write poems by their visits to the grave. Sassoon's "At the Grave of Henry Vaughan" is the best-known of these and is read every year at the graveside following the Vaughan memorial service. Another grave of note in the chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansantffraid, Ceredigion
Llansantffraid or Llansantffraed ( cy, Llansanffraid) is a small rural village and community and practically merged with the village of Llanon just west of the main A487 coastal road between Aberaeron and Aberystwyth, about from Aberystwyth. The population in 2001 was 1,241, declining to 1,212 at the 2011 census. The parish church of St Ffraed dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building. Governance An electoral ward with the same name exists. This ward stretches inland with a total population of 2,386. There is also a community council with the same name that covers a smaller part of the electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ... that has ten members sitting. It is due to be next elected in May 2017. References External links Llansan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog
Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley and a community in Wrexham County Borough, north-east Wales. Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village and community is technically known, in traditional Welsh naming style, as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, which means church of St Ffraid (the Welsh name of Saint Brigid of Kildare) in the Ceiriog Valley, but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog, or even Glyn for short. The name Llansanffraid is now more associated with other villages of the same name. It is in the Clwyd South Senedd constituency and Clwyd South UK parliamentary constituency. A former slate mining village, it lies on the River Ceiriog and on the B4500 road, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Chirk. It is south of Llangollen. Geography and administration Civic history Glyn Ceiriog was historically administered as the civil parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy
Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy is a former civil parish in the Edeirnion area of Denbighshire in Wales. retrieved 12 January 2010 Until 1974 it was part of , and was transferred to Glyndŵr District in by the Local Government Act 1972< ...
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Llansantffraed, Monmouthshire
Llansantffraed is the smallest parish in Monmouthshire, Wales, located four miles to the west of Raglan, north of the A40 between Raglan and Abergavenny. There is no community, only the Llansantffraed Court estate and the church. History Llansantffraed is the smallest parish in Monmouthshire, covering only 290 acres. It is notable for its church, St Bride's (or St Bridget's), which is a Grade II* listed building, and Llansantffraed Court, the house which forms part of the Llansantffraed Estate. The house was registered as a Grade II listed building in 2005. The court was designed by Fairfax Blomfield Wade-Palmer and C. Frankis in 1912 for a member of the Herbert family, major landowners in the county. Cadw suggests Edwin Lutyens' Monkton House in Sussex as their inspiration. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales describes the architecture of the court as "a Home Counties style unusual to Wales". Joseph Bradney, writing in his multi-volum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansantffraid Railway Station
Llansantffraid railway station is a former station in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys, Wales. The station opened in 1863 and closed in 1965. The station's two signal boxes, built by Dutton & Co., were moved to Oswestry and Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh .... Present day Much of the station site is still intact, with the platform retained as a conservatory onto the former trackbed, which has been converted into a children's play area. The station building is now a restaurant. References Further reading * Disused railway stations in Powys Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Former Cambrian Railway stations Beeching closures in Wales {{Wales-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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