Llanwrthwl

Coordinates: 52°16′00″N 3°30′00″W / 52.266667°N 3.5°W / 52.266667; -3.5
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St. Gwrthwl's Parish Church
Llanwrthwl is located in Powys
Llanwrthwl
Llanwrthwl
Location within Powys
Population191 (2011)[1]
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLlandrindod Wells
Postcode districtLD1
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
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52°16′00″N 3°30′00″W / 52.266667°N 3.5°W / 52.266667; -3.5

Llanwrthwl (Welsh pronunciation

River Elan and the village is accessed by a bridge over the Wye.[2][3] In 1833, its population was 517;[4] its population in 1841 was 568;[5] in 1845, its population was 563.[6]

At the 2011 census the population was only 191. [7]

Etymology

Llanwrthwl, composed of an Upper and a Lower division, derives its name from the dedication of its church.[6]

History

St Gwrthwl, a saint whose date is uncertain, founded the church at Llanwrthwl; he is commemorated on 2 March.[8] Bronze Age gold work was discovered at Llanwrthwl in the 1950s, including a four-flanged bar torc, a circular sectioned bar torc, a square sectioned bar torc and a twisted ring.[9]

A commemorative stone, from the precincts of the extinct chapel of Llanwrthwl, was found at Maes Llanwrthwl (Llanwrthwl Field) with a Paulinus monument and the epitaph: Talorm | Adventvh | MAQVERIGH | FIUIVS. It was in several pieces, and at least one of those pieces was missing. It was later preserved and housed at the residence of the Jones family at Dolau Cothi, Carmarthenshire.[10]

The parish was a

prebend in the Collegiate Church of Brecknock and the church was dedicated to St Gwrthwl. In 1840s there was a day school in the upper part of the parish, attended by about 30 children. There was also a Sunday School. A sum of £16 was divided among the poor in January of each year, arising partly from a 1648 bequest by Edward ab Evan of the farm Cae'r Llan.[6]

Geography

Old Bridge, Elan Valley

In the 19th century, Llanwrthwl was in the county of Brecknockshire, and was a parish in the hundred of

Copper ore has been found near the junction of the Elan with the Wye.[6]

On the hills are several cairns, especially on the height named Drygarn, or Derwydd Garn, implying "the Druid's rock, or mount," part of which is in the adjoining parish of Llanfihangel Abergwesyn. There are also some cairns on an eminence of less elevation, designated Gemrhiw. On Rhos-Saithmaen, or "the Seven Stone common," which is partly in this parish, and partly in that of Llanafan, are some stones very irregularly placed. Near this common is another, called Rhos-y-Beddau, or "the common of the graves," the name of which would appear to commemorate some great battle, probably that of Llechrhyd.

Notable landmarks

Penuel Congregational Chapel

Druidical remains.[11]

Penuel Congregational Chapel is located just south of the main village. The chapel was built in 1832 and rebuilt in 1890 in the Vernacular style with a long-wall entry plan. A register of baptisms for the years 1834-1837 is held by the National Archive.[12]

The

Living Willow Theatre (in Welsh, Glôb Byw) is at Penlanole near the village. It is an open-air theatre constructed of living willow trees[13] and occasionally outdoor performances of William Shakespeare are staged.[14]

In the early 1800s, engineer James Watt retired to Doldowlod House, about a mile south of Llanwrthwl on the A470 road, when he left Birmingham. By 1891, the grand Glan-Rhos House had been built to the north of the village with surrounding grounds laid out stretching down to the river.[15]

Flora

Alchemilla arvensis, Chrysanthemum segetum, and Galeopsis versicolor, have been found in Llanwrthwl, while Euphorbia helioscopia has been found nearby.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Marteg to Llanwrthwl, December 2009 onwards" (PDF). Wye Usk Foundation. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7112-2412-4
    . Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b Gorton, John (1833). A topographical dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland: compiled from local information, and the most recent and official authorities (Now in the public domain. ed.). Chapman and Hall. pp. 653–. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  5. ^ Price, Thomas (1855). The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawr. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d Lewis, Samuel (1845). A topographical dictionary of Wales,: comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, chapelaries, and townships, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the arms of the bishoprics, and of the arms and seals of the various cities and municipal corporations: and illustrated by maps of the different counties. S. Lewis. pp. 250–. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  7. Office for National Statistics
    . Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  8. ^ Williams, Robert (1852). Enwogion Cymru: A biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen, from the earliest times to the present, and including every name connected with the ancient history of Wales (Now in the public domain. ed.). W. Rees. pp. 202–. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  9. ^ Taylor, Joan J. (1980). Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles. CUP Archive. pp. 95–. GGKEY:F3U50W1GGNS. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  10. ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1904). Y Cymmrodor: The magazine of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (Now in the public domain. ed.). The Society. pp. 2, 66–. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  11. ^ Westwood, John Obadiah (1879). Lapidarium walliae: the early inscribed and sculptured stones of Wales (Now in the public domain. ed.). Printed at the University Press for the Cambrian Archaeological Assoc. pp. 78–. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  12. ^ "English – Coflein". Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Shakespeare Link". Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  14. ^ "Pericles at the Living Willow Theatre". BBC. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  15. ^ "Llanwrthwl in 1891". Victorian Powys. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  16. ^ Seemann, Berthold (1885). Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (Now in the public domain. ed.). West, Newman & Co. pp. 84, 88, 110, 111. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

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