St Harmon () is a village and

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Radnorshire Radnorshire () was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974, later becoming a Districts of Wales, district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It covered a sparsely populat ...

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, Wales. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 593. It is located on the Afon Marteg on the B4518 road running between Llanidloes and

Rhayader Rhayader (; ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales, within the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Radnorshire. The town is from the source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, the highest point of the Cambri ...

. The parish church is called Saint Garmon ( Germanus of Auxerre), with many people assuming it has been spelt incorrectly. In fact, the village name of St Harmon is a further Anglicisation of the name St Garmon. St Garmon's Church is known for having the diarist the Reverend Francis Kilvert serve as Vicar there between 1876 and 1877. It did have its own railway station- St Harmons railway station. The community also includes the settlements of Pantydwr and Nantgwyn. St Harmon FC is the village

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team. The Sun Inn was the village pub but has now been converted to a home.

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Photos of St Harmon and surrounding area on geograph
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