Llanwrthwl

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
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Powys
52°16′00″N 3°30′00″W / 52.266667°N 3.5°W / 52.266667; -3.5

Llanwrthwl () is a village and community in Powys, mid Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. Llanwrthwl lies off the A470 road, north by road from Builth Wells and Newbridge-on-Wye and south of Rhayader. It lies on the River Wye and 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]

  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. ^ Storry, Terry (30 July 2004). British White Water. frances lincoln ltd. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-7112-2412-4. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gorton1833 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Price, Thomas (1855). The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price, Carnhuanawr. p. 5. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  6. ^ 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. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Llanwrthwl population (W04000322)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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