Llangynyw

Llangynyw

Llangynyw

Human settlement in Wales

Llangynyw (also Llangyniew) is a hamlet and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, mid Wales. It is located on a hill inside a bend in the River Banwy, approximately two miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion. The community includes the hamlet of Pontrobert.

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Llangyniw church, 1794

The focus of the hamlet is the Parish Church of St. Cynyw, which dates from between 1450 and 1500 and is a Grade II* listed building.[2]

The parish of Llangynyw had a population of 551 when the 1801 census was taken, 430 in 1901, and 295 in 1971,[3] increasing back to 582 at the 2011 census.

Pentre Camp, an Iron Age hillfort, is near the hamlet.

References

  1. [1]
    "Community population 2011". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Church of St Cynyw, Llangyniew". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    "A vision of Llangynyw AP/CP". A Vision of Britain.


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