Llangedwyn is a village in

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, Wales. The population of the

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at the 2011 census was 402. The community includes the hamlet of Pen-y-bont Llanerch Emrys. It lies in the Tanat Valley near to the

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border. It is approximately five miles from the small town of

Llanfyllin Llanfyllin ( – ) is a market town, community and electoral ward in a sparsely populated area in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's community population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could speak Welsh. Llanfyllin means ''church or p ...

and ten miles from the

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. The Berwyn mountain range is nearby, as is

Pistyll Rhaeadr Pistyll Rhaeadr (, meaning "spring of the waterfall") is a waterfall from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Powys, Wales, and west of Oswestry. Description Pistyll Rhaeadr is formed by the Afon Disgynfa falling, in three stages, ove ...

waterfall. The ruins of

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Sycharth Sycharth is a motte and bailey castle and town in Llansilin, Powys, Wales. Until 1996 Sycharth was in the historic county of Denbighshire, but was then transferred to the Shire area of Montgomeryshire within Powys. Sycharth Castle was the bi ...

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lie a few miles outside the village towards

Llansilin Llansilin () is a village and local government community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, west of Oswestry. The community, which includes Llansilin village, a large rural area and the hamlets of Moelfre and Rhiwlas as well as the remote parish ...

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet, CBE, KStJ (30 November 1904 – 13 May 1988), was a Welsh soldier and landowner. He was Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire from 1966 to 1974, then Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd from 1976 to 1979. Backgrou ...

, heir of

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, lived his final years at Llangedwyn Hall.

Landmarks

The church of Saint Cedwyn and the Llangedywn Church In Wales Primary School is located in the village. It did have a railway station-

Llangedwyn Halt railway station Llangedwyn Halt railway station was a station on the Tanat Valley Light Railway in Llangedwyn, Powys Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named aft ...

Listed buildings

The following are the listed buildings in the vicinity. The listings are all Grade II designated except Henblas and Plas-uchaf: *Bontglantanat Farmhouse and Barn (II) *Brynffynnon (II) *Church of St Cedwyn *Cowhouse Range at Sycharth *Detached Agricultural Range to the south of Bontglantanat Farmhouse *Fila Rhosyn *Gatepiers and Gates at Llangedwyn Hall *Glantanat Isaf *Glantanat Uchaf *Golfa Isaf *Henblas *Hendre *Hendy *Llangedwyn Hall *Lofted Outbuilding at Llangedwyn Hall *Lofted Shed Range at Llangedwyn Hall *Milestone at Abercynllaith *Milestone at Coed-y-wern-ddu *Milestone near Green Inn *Milestone opposite Llangedwyn School *North Stables Range with Cottages at Llangedwyn Hall *Octagonal Stallion Stable near Llangedwyn Hall *Outbuildings north of Green Inn *Plas-uchaf *Pont Glantanat Uchaf *Pont Llanerch Emrys *Pont Llangedwyn *Priddbwll-bach (old house) *Rear Building at Green Inn *Rose Cottage *Shed, Bullhouse and Pigsties at Sycharth *Stable Block at Llangedwyn Hall *Sycharth *The Green Inn *Walls to Formal Gardens of Llangedwyn Hall *Williams-Wynn Monument in St Cedwyn's Churchyard

Notes

External links

Llangedwyn Community Council websiteGENUKI page
* {{authority control Villages in Powys