Llanelieu

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Llanelieu
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Llanelieu
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Country Wales
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Post town BRECON
Postcode district LD3
Dialling code 01874
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52°00′00″N3°11′14″W / 52.0001°N 3.1873°W / 52.0001; -3.1873 Coordinates: 52°00′00″N3°11′14″W / 52.0001°N 3.1873°W / 52.0001; -3.1873

Llanelieu (English Llaneleu) is a small settlement and former civil parish (community) in Powys, Wales on the northern edge of the Black Mountains within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the historic bounds of Brecknockshire. The settlement is now part of the community of Talgarth. The nearest town is Talgarth some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the west.

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The settlement

Prehistoric settlement of the area is evidenced by Ffostyll Long Cairns, two neolithic burial chambers just to the north of Ffostyll Farm. [1] [2]

St Ellyw's Church

St Ellyw's Church is the main feature of the scattered settlement as well as being the source of its name (Llan-Ellyw). Saint Ellyw is said to have been one of the many saintly offspring of Brychan, legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog who ruled from nearby Talgarth. The church of St Ellyw dates from the 13th century and, unusually, escaped Victorian modernization so that it preserves many of its medieval features. [3] [4] It is now redundant, but is cared for as a Grade I listed building. [5]

Near the church is a veteran yew that was believed to have been used as the parish stocks in the 17th and 18th centuries. Natural holes in the tree took the miscreant's arms which were then secured by an iron bar. The tree was subject to restoration in 2010. [6]

Llanelieu Court

In 1845, Samuel Lewis' topographical entry for Llanelieu noted that "there were formerly several ancient mansions, but they have been all abandoned as family residences by their proprietors, and are at present occupied as farm-houses". [7] Chief among those that survive is Llanelieu Court, a 17th-century house which was formerly the home of one of the branches of the Aubrey family. In recent years it has housed a craft pottery, the Black Mountains Pottery, and is now a Grade II listed building. [8]

The parish and community

Grwyne Fawr Reservoir Dam Grwyne Fawr Reservoir dam - geograph.org.uk - 135959.jpg
Grwyne Fawr Reservoir Dam

Llanelieu was a civil parish from 1837 until 1974, [9] when it was re-termed a community. The community included the settlement of Llanelieu and extended to the south east as far as Mynydd Du Forest. [10] As such, it included a substantial upland area of the Black Mountains, principally along the valley of the Grwyne Fawr where a reservoir was completed between 1908 and 1928. A temporary village, including school, was built on site to house construction workers and remains of this village are still visible. [11] Lewis in 1845 described the "surrounding scenery as bold, and in some parts romantic", [7] whereas the 1868 National Gazetteer dismissed it as "somewhat of a gloomy cast". [12]

Despite its size, Llanelieu was one of the least populous communities in Brecknockshire containing just 15 houses and 72 people in 1961. [13] In 1985, it was split up, the settlement merging with the community of Talgarth, [14] whilst the northernmost part was transferred to the new community of Gwernyfed [15] and the extensive southern part to the new community of the Vale of Grwyney. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4124 The Megalithic Portal
  2. ↑ "The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Ffostil South Chambered Long Barrow [Ffostyll South] Chambered Tomb". Archived from the original on 30 June 2004.
  3. ↑ "Talgarth parish". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Hay Deanery: Llaneleu Church
  4. ↑ http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/llanelieu1.htm Photographs of church and interior
  5. ↑ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-6622-church-of-st-ellywe-llanwlieu-talgarth British Listed Buildings
  6. ↑ Brecon and Radnor Express, 7 May 2009 +1 April 2010 http://www.jlb2011.co.uk/walespic/churches/llanelieu1.htm
  7. 1 2 Lewis S. (1845). A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (3rd ed.). https://books.google.com/books?id=7QQVAAAAQAAJ&dq=Llanelieu&pg=PA8
  8. ↑ http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-6649-llanelieu-court-llanelieu-talgarth/photos British Listed Buildings
  9. ↑ http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/hay.html Hay Registration District
  10. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/boundary_map_page.jsp?u_id=10085597&c_id=10001043 A Vision of Britain through time: Llaneleu CP/AP (boundary map)
  11. ↑ http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/recreation.nsf/LUWebDocsByKey/WalesMerthyrTydfilBreconBeaconsNationalParkForestsMynyddDu Forestry Commission: Mynydd Du
  12. ↑ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/BRE/Llaneleu/Gaz1868.html Extract
  13. ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_theme_page.jsp?u_id=10085597&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_POP A Vision of Britain through time: Llaneleu CP/AP: Population
  14. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Final Proposals: Community No. B28 - TALGARTH
  15. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Final Proposals: Community No. B11 - GWERNYFED
  16. ↑ "Cyngor Sir Powys County Council: Sorry". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2011. Proposals: Community No. B31 - THE VALE OF GRWYNEY
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