Darowen

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Darowen
Darowen viewed from the east
Darowen Location within Powys
Community	Glantwymyn
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

UK Parliament	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Montgomeryshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°36′04″N3°43′40″W / 52.6011°N 3.7278°W / 52.6011; -3.7278

Darowen is a village in the community of Glantwymyn ^[1], in Powys, Wales, located about 6 miles east of Machynlleth.^[2]

In the village is the church of St Tudyr. This church was completely rebuilt in 1864. Just to the north of the church is the holy well Ffynnon Dadur.^[3]

History

The parish's name came from "Dar-Owain" and meant "Owain's oak".^[2]

Darowen was a civil parish, at the 1971 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Darowen had a population of 393.^[4] In 1974 Darowen became a community, on 1 April 1987 the community was abolished.^[5]

References

↑ https://www.glantwymyn-council.co.uk/about_en.html
1 2 "Genuki: Darowen, Montgomeryshire". www.genuki.org.uk.
↑ https://heneb.org.uk/archive/cpat/ycom/mont/darowen.pdf
↑ "Population statistics Darowen through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 5 October 2025.
↑ "Machynlleth Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

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