Pen-y-Bont-Fawr

Pen-y-Bont-Fawr
Village and community
The Railway Inn
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr Location within Powys
Principal area	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°48′38″N3°21′23″W / 52.8105°N 3.3565°W / 52.8105; -3.3565 Community map Map of the community

Pen-y-Bont-Fawr (or Penybontfawr ^[1] ) is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales (many nearby hospitals are in England). ^[2]

It is in the electoral ward of Llanwddyn.

St Thomas's Church was built in 1855 in the Victorian Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building. ^[3]

Robert Ellis (1812–1875), bardic name Cynddelw, was a Welsh language poet, editor and lexicographer, He was born nearby at Tyn y Meini, Bryndreiniog.

Penybontfawr railway station was on the Tanat Valley Light Railway. The station opened in 1904 and closed in 1951.

References

1. "Penybontfawr, Powys - Powys". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
3. "Parish Church of St Thomas". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 March 2020.