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Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr[1]) is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales located in the Tanat valley. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales (many nearby hospitals are in England).[2]

It is in the electoral ward of Llanwddyn.

St Thomas's Church was built in 1855 in the Victorian Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building.[3]

Robert Ellis (1812–1875), bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor and lexicographer, He was born nearby at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog.

Penybontfawr railway station was on the Tanat Valley Light Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.

References

  1. ^ "Penybontfawr, Powys - Powys". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. ^ "Parish Church of St Thomas". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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