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Llanidloes (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanˈɪdlɔɨs] ⓘ) is a town and community on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn), Wales.
Estate Houses by Poundley and Walker at Leighton, Powys Extensive estate housing with typical red brick and stone rusticated quoining. An unusual composition by Poundley and Walker was a terrace of houses built for Naylor next to the former Kerry workhouse.
The original centre is at Llan, on the road to Llanidloes, where the local parish church of St Mary is located. The current centre (formerly called "Wynnstay") at the junction of the A470 and B4518 rose to local prominence with the building of the new turnpike road in 1821 and the arrival of the railway line between Newtown and Machynlleth in 1861.
Pontrobert is an ecclesiastical parish that was formed in September 1854. It comprises the townships of Teirtref and part of Nantymeichiaid in the parish Meifod, a portion of Cynhinfa which was in the parish of Llangynyw and portions of the townships of Fachwel, Llaethbwlch and Cadwnfa which were in the parish of Llanfihangel.
Llandinam (Welsh pronunciation ⓘ) is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, central Wales, between Newtown and Llanidloes, located on the A470. [2] As a community, Llandinam is made up of the village itself, small hamlets including Plas Dinam and Little London and several farms.
Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town") was one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.It was named after its county town, Montgomery, which in turn was named after one of William the Conqueror's main counsellors, Roger de Montgomerie, who was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury.
Llanidloes Without has its own community council, comprising seven community councillors and a clerk, who oversee planning applications and other issues of local interest. [ 4 ] The community is part of the Blaen Hafren electoral ward (with the neighbouring Llangurig and Trefeglwys communities) which sends a county councillor to sit on Powys ...
This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Powys, Wales. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( September 2020 )