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The Land Settlement Association was a UK Government scheme set up in 1934, with help from the charities the Plunkett Foundation and the Carnegie Trust, to re-settle unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas, [1] particularly from North-East England and Wales. Between 1934 and 1939 1,100 small-holdings were established within 20 ...
A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model. [2] Definitions vary widely for what constitutes a smallholder or small-scale farm, including factors such as size, food production technique or technology, involvement of family in labor and economic impact. [ 3 ]
Sheep in a field near Aberystwyth. Sheep farming is an environmental issue in Wales.Much of the nation is rural countryside and sheep are farmed throughout Wales.The woollen industry in Wales was a major contributor to the national economy, accounting for two-thirds of the nation's exports in 1660.
The Brecon East ward covers the town centre of Brecon, the residential areas stretching east to the junction with the A470 and the rural area around Slwch Farm. The southern border is defined by the River Usk. Brecon West lies to the west, Yscir with Honddu Isaf and Llanddew to the north and Talybont-on-Usk to the southwest. [1]
Bwlch is situated on the main A40 trunk road and as such is readily accessible even during poor weather, from both Brecon and Abergavenny. The X43 bus service runs between these towns each day. Each bus stop has been fitted with electronic timetables to assist residents and visitors [ 9 ] Note the 43 service doesn't run through Bwlch, just the X43.
Some of the agricultural produce and other goods offered for sale are recorded to have been displayed on the tombstones. [10] The town was put to the torch during Owain Glyndwr's march through the Tywi Valley in July 1403. [11] Nearby Carreg Cennen Castle was besieged by Yorkist forces in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses and partially ...
Village leaders held a special community meeting to assure residents of East Hampton -- where the median property value is $2 million -- that their hired help will not be deported by local cops.
Erwood (Welsh: Erwyd) is a village and community lying beside the River Wye, on the A470 road some 6 miles south-east of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 429. [1] It is in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the older cantref of Cantref Selyf.