Llangedwyn
Llangedwyn hall, 1795
Llangedwyn is a village in Powys, Wales. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 402.[1]
It lies in the Tanat Valley near to the Wales/England border. It is approximately five miles from the small town of Llanfyllin and ten miles from the Shropshire market town of Oswestry. The Berwyn mountain range is nearby, as is Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall. The ruins of Owain Glyndŵr's Sycharth castle lie a few miles outside the village towards Llansilin.
The church of Saint Cedwyn and the Llangedywn Church In Wales Primary School is located in the village.[2]
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet, heir of Owain Gwynedd, lived his final years at Llangedwyn Hall.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "Llangedwyn Church In Wales Primary School". Llangedwyn Primary School. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 51666 published on 7 March 1989 (Supplement), p. 2874
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Coordinates: 52°48′30″N 3°12′38″W / 52.80827°N 3.21050°W
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