Llansantffraed
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Coordinates: 51°54′07″N 3°16′37″W / 51.902°N 3.277°W
Llansantffraed | |
Llansantffraed Llansantffraed shown within Powys | |
OS grid reference | SO123235 |
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Community | Talybont-on-Usk |
Principal area | Powys |
Ceremonial county | Powys |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRECON |
Postcode district | LD3 |
Dialling code | 01874 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
EU Parliament | Wales |
UK Parliament | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Welsh Assembly | Brecon and Radnorshire |
Llansantffraed is a parish in the community of Talybont-on-Usk in Powys, Wales near Brecon.
The church of St Ffraid (or Saint Bridget) is a grade II* listed building.[1] It was rebuilt in 1885.
The parish is the birth and burial place of the poet Henry Vaughan (1621-1695) whose grave in the churchyard overlooks the River Usk.
External links
- Photos of Llansantffraed and surrounding area at geograph.org.uk
Notes
- ↑ "Church of St Ffraid, Llansantffraid". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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