Glasbury
Glasbury (sometimes Glasbury-on-Wye) is a village on the River Wye in Powys, Wales. It is located about halfway between the towns of Hay-on-Wye and Talgarth. In Welsh it is called Y Clas-ar-Wy.
As the Wye formed the border of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, Glasbury was split between the two counties until they were abolished in 1974. The larger part of the village is to the north of the Wye, in Radnorshire.
The parish was made up of four townships - one to the north of the Wye, and three to the south. It included the smaller hamlets of Cwmbach, Ffynnon Gynydd, Pipton, Tregoyd and Felindre.[1]
Glasbury was first mentioned in 1056. The church and settlement likely originated in the early medieval period. It would have grew as it was at a natural crossing of the Wye, where the valley is narrow. A bridge was first mentioned in 1665.[2]
A new parish church was built in Glasbury in 1664, and consecrated a year later. A new church at the same place was built in 1837-38. The village also has a barn that possibly dates to the 15th century.[3]
The current Glasbury community only includes the parts north of the Wye, and absorbed the parishes of Boughrood, Llanstephan and Llowes in 1983. Two southern townships also became communities - Tregoyd & Velindre and Pipton. Tregoyd & Velindre is now part of Gwernyfed and Pipton is part of Bronllys.[4]
From 1864 to 1962 the village had a railway station. It was located south of the Wye, in Brecknockshire.