Llangurig

Llangurig is a village south-west of Llanidloes in Powys, Wales. Historically it was part of Montgomeryshire. The parish/community also includes the villages of Cwmbelan and Tylwch. The community had a population of 723 as of 2011.

It is located on the River Wye, and is the first village from its source in the Cambrian Mountains.

The church is dedicated to St Curig. The village's name refers to this church - "llan" means church/parish. The place name was recorded as early as 1254 as Llankiric, and as Llangerig by 1310. The church was restored in 1877-78 and has some 15th century features.^[1]

The village primary school was opened in March 1874 and closed in 2008.^[2]

The Llangurig branch line of the Manchester & Milford Railway was the shortest-lived working branch line in the UK. By 1863 nine miles of railway had been built, terminating just past Llangurig.^[3] The line received a train on 29 October 1863. This turned out to be the only train to run on the Llangurig line, and it was abandoned in 1864 as the M&MR had changed its plans of how to cross the Cambrian Mountains.

References

External links

Llangurig Community Council
The History of the Parish of Llangurig on Google Books

[1] ttps://heneb.org.uk/archive/cpat/ycom/mont/llangurig.pdf

[2] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7511166.stm

[3] ttps://powysenc.weebly.com/railways-manchester--milford---tanat.html

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