Boughrood ( cy, Bochrwyd) is a village in the
community
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of
Glasbury
Glasbury ( cy, Y Clas-ar-Wy), also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The village lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, and is ...
in
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 ...
,
Wales
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.
Historically
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in
Radnorshire, the village is situated near the
River Wye between
Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye ( cy, Y Gelli Gandryll), simply known locally as "Hay" ( cy, Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales; it was historically in the county of Brecknockshire. With over twenty bookshops, it is often described as "the to ...
and
Builth Wells.
The River Wye passes to the west and north of the village, and a bridge connects Boughrood to
Llyswen, a small village south of the river.
The village's
church
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* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
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* C ...
, St Cynog's, was built in 1854 on the site of a medieval graveyard. In 2004 the church had a new
spire
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built, to replace one that was declared unsafe and demolished in the 1970s. The first wedding under the new spire took place on 10 June 2006.
In the grounds of the church is The
Dead house
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which is the only surviving Parish Mortuary in Wales.
Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill
Sir Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, (13 October 193311 September 2010), was an eminent British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. He was described as the greatest lawyer of ...
, (1933–2010), an eminent
judge and
jurist, is buried at St Cynog's.
Boughrood Castle was in the village, by the 19th century only a
moat and part of a wall survived, however a house also called Boughrood Castle was built on the site.
, on the
Mid-Wales Railway
The Mid-Wales Railway was conceived as a trunk route through Wales connecting industrial areas in north west England with sea ports in south west Wales. The company was prevented from reaching its goal by competing proposals in Parliament, and i ...
, was closed by
British Railways in 1962.
Boughrood hosts the annual Llyswen & Boughrood Agricultural Show - it is usually held on the 3rd Saturday in August.
References
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-43724993
External links
Photos of Boughrood and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk
Villages in Powys
Glasbury
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