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Aberhosan () is a village in the Welsh principal area of
Powys Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. Geog ...
, located between the historic town of
Machynlleth Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a pop ...
and village of
Dylife Dylife is a former mining settlement in Powys, Wales, located at the head of Afon Twymyn in the Cambrian Mountains, one mile west of the road between Llanidloes and Llanbrynmair ( B4518). It is in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. The near ...
. It is in the historic county of
Montgomeryshire , HQ= Montgomery , Government= Montgomeryshire County Council (1889–1974)Montgomeryshire District Council (1974–1996) , Origin= , Status= , Start= , End= ...
. The village school closed before 1971, and is now the
village hall A village hall is a public building in a village used for various things such as: United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...
. The village has a chapel but its shop has closed.


Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

In 1990 a memorial was unveiled at the Cadair viewpoint (at ) to the broadcaster and writer
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas Lewis John Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (né Thomas) (15 August 1908 – 4 February 1987) was a Welsh newspaper journalist and radio and television broadcaster. In later life he took the name Vaughan-Thomas after his father. Early life and educat ...
. It is a
toposcope A toposcope, topograph, or orientation table is a kind of graphic display erected at viewing points on hills, mountains or other high places which indicates the direction, and usually the distance, to notable landscape features which can be seen ...
, looking out over the rolling hills and mountains, with a depiction of Vaughan-Thomas pointing towards Snowdon, Wales' highest peak, which is just visible on a clear day.


Internet issues

In September 2020 the
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...
reported that the village had had serious issues with its
broadband In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals at a wide range of frequencies and Internet traffic types, that enables messages to be sent simultaneously, used in fast internet connections. ...
internet connectivity for the previous 18 months. BT Openreach engineers investigated the problem using a spectrum analyser and found that the issue was caused by a resident who was using an old television. After the TV was disposed of the issues ended.


Gallery

File:Aberhosan village viewed from near Ty-gwyn farm - geograph.org.uk - 2005582.jpg, Aberhosan village File:Narrow_road_in_Aberhosan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1215641.jpg, Narrow bridge over Nant Cymdu before its confluence with Nant Blaen y Cwm in Aberhosan File:Vaughan-Thomas toposcope - Wales.jpg, Memorial toposcope,
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas Lewis John Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (né Thomas) (15 August 1908 – 4 February 1987) was a Welsh newspaper journalist and radio and television broadcaster. In later life he took the name Vaughan-Thomas after his father. Early life and educat ...
pointing towards Snowdon


References


External links


Photos of Aberhosan and surrounding area on geograph
*https://thenextweb.com/insights/2020/09/22/old-tv-breaks-internet-village/ Villages in Powys {{Powys-geo-stub