Crai, Powys

Crai
Crai village hall
Crai Location within Powys
OS grid reference	SN625515
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRECON
Postcode district	LD3
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Brecon and Radnorshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 51°54′25″N3°36′22″W / 51.907°N 3.606°W / 51.907; -3.606 Community map Map of the community

Old postcard photograph of Maescarnog, Crai, Breconshire (Dr Rhobert Lewis, Brecon)

Crai, also spelled as Cray, is a village and community in the county of Powys, Wales. It is within the Brecon Beacons National Park and historically in Brecknockshire. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 241, and includes the village of Crai, the hamlet of Felin-Crai, ^[1] and many dispersed farms around the valley of the Afon Crai. The river is dammed 2 km / 1.5 mi southwest of the village to form Crai Reservoir. ^[2] Crai means fresh, raw water. ^[3] The famous Llywel Stone (see Llywel) was found close to the Crai/Trecastle boundary. A history of the village is contained in Lewis, D. Craionog: Hanes plwyf Defynog : yn cynnwys y rhanbarthau cynlynol; Crai, Glyntawy, Senni, Glyntarell, a Maescar. Merthyr Tydfil : H. W. Southey a'i Feibion, Cyf, Argrffwyr, 1911.

References

1. "Community population 2011" . Retrieved 14 November 2015.
2. Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL12 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area'
3. Owen, H.W. & Morgan, R. 2007 'Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales' Gomer Press, Ceredigion

External links

• Images of Crai and surrounding area on Geograph website