Llangammarch Wells

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| welsh_name = Llangamarch

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Brecon & Radnorshire

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| population = 541

| population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125897&c=LD4+4BT&d=16&e=62&g=6491139&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1447429365308&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=13 November 2015}}

| official_name = Llangammarch Wells

| static_image_name = Llangammarch Wells Church - geograph.org.uk - 230357.jpg

| static_image_caption = Church of St Cadmarch

| unitary_wales = Powys

| lieutenancy_wales = Powys

| community_wales = Llangamarch

| constituency_westminster = Brecon & Radnorshire

| post_town = LLANGAMMARCH WELLS

| postcode_district = LD4

| postcode_area = LD

| dial_code = 01591

| os_grid_reference = SN934473

| website = {{url|https://www.llangammarchcc.com|llangammarchcc.com}}

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File:Cammarch Hotel, Llangammarch Wells in 2006.jpg

Llangammarch Wells, or simply Llangammarch ({{langx|cy|Llangamarch}} {{pronunciation|LL-Q9309 (cym)-Jason.nlw-Llangamarch.wav|}}), is a village and community in Powys, Wales, lying on the Afon Irfon, and in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire).

It is the smallest of the four spa villages of mid-Wales, alongside Llandrindod Wells, Builth Wells and Llanwrtyd Wells. The spa was focused on a barium well, which is now closed.

The old village is centred on the parish church of St Cadmarch, which is a grade II* listed building.

{{cite web| url =http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-84374-church-of-saint-cadmarch-llangamarch| title= Church of Saint Cadmarch, Llangamarch| publisher= British Listed Buildings|access-date = 15 December 2013}}

Llangammarch station is on the Heart of Wales Line with trains provided by Transport for Wales. It lies on Route 43 of the National Cycle Network.

Llangammarch Wells Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1904. The club and course disappeared in the 1950s.[http://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/wales-64/1058-llangamarch-wells-golf-club-powys “Llangamarch Wells Golf Club”], “Golf’s Missing Links”.

The community includes the small settlements of Tirabad and Cefn Gorwydd, birthplace of John Penry (1563 – 29 May 1593) the martyr, who was born at Cefn Brith farm. The farm is signposted but the old farmhouse is not the original building.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

Governance

For elections to Powys County Council, Llangamarch is covered by the Llanwrtyd Wells electoral ward.

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Notable people

  • John Penry (1563–1593), executed for high treason during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, is Wales' most famous Protestant Separatist martyr.
  • Thomas Howell (1588–1650), clergyman and Bishop of Bristol from 1644 to 1646.
  • T. Harri Jones (1921–1965), a Welsh poet and university lecturer, commemorated by a statue in the town

See also

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