Cwmwysg

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Cwmwysg viewed from the south

Cwmwysg (Welsh for "Usk valley") is a small rural village southwest of Trecastle in the valley of the Usk river, Powys, Wales.

It includes the Saron Independent Chapel, originally built in 1822 and rebuilt in 1856. [1] The humpback stone river bridge over the Usk is Grade II listed. [2]

The Welsh painter Aneurin Jones (1930–2017) was born in Cwmwysg. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Saron Welsh Independent Chapel, Cwm-Wysg". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
  2. ↑ "Pont Cwmwysg, Llywel". British Listed Buildings.
  3. ↑ "Byd o Liw: Aneurin Jones". S4C . Retrieved 23 November 2014.

51°56′29″N3°40′20″W / 51.94139°N 3.67222°W / 51.94139; -3.67222


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