Capel-y-ffin (Welsh for 'chapel of the boundary') is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of Llanthony in Powys, Wales. It lies...
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Eric Gill (section Capel-y-ffin 1924–1928)
to an isolated, disused monastery at Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of Wales. The isolation of Capel-y-ffin suited Gill's wish to distance himself...
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Llanthony Abbey (redirect from Capel-y-ffin Monastery)
by Joseph Leycester Lyne (Father Ignatius), in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory. It survived until 1908...
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Hay-on-Wye (redirect from Y Gelli Gandryll)
country" includes the town of Hay-on-Wye and the villages of Clyro, Capel-y-ffin, Llowes, Glasbury, Llanigon, Painscastle, Clifford and Whitney-on-Wye...
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and Partrishow churches are also located nearby. The youth hostel at Capel-y-ffin closed in late 2007. The town of books or Hay-on-Wye lies just to the...
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Llanthony Priory, and for several noteworthy churches such as those at Capel-y-ffin and Cwmyoy. It is sometimes referred to as the "Llanthony Valley" as...
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List of places in Powys (section Y)
Brecon (Aberhonddu) Builth Wells (Llanfair ym Muallt) Bwlch Caersws Capel-y-ffin Carno Cefn Coch Cilmeri City Clyro Commins Coch Crickhowell Crossgates...
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Mabinogion (redirect from Y Mabinogion)
ISBN 0-375-41175-5. Knill, Stanley. The Mabinogion Brought To Life. Capel-y-ffin Publishing, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4895-1528-5. (Omits Taliesin. A retelling...
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Welshpool (redirect from Y Trallwng)
Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng ) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. The town is four miles (six...
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the county. Black Mountains Brecon Beacons – a mountain range Radnor Forest Y Gaer – a Roman fort Battle of Bryn Glas Dolforwyn Castle Montgomery Castle...
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St Melangell's Church (section Cell-y-bedd)
The lychgate, pictured in 2012 Cell-y-bedd translates to "grave chamber" in Welsh. The cell is also called the capel-y-bedd, or "grave chapel". Monacella...
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Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (redirect from Rhos y-brithdir)
Afon Rhaeadr, which passes through the village and present-day community. Capel Seion is in the village. It is a Methodist chapel rebuilt in the early 20th...
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known as the Vale of Ewyas, on the Welsh side of the border, just below Capel-y-ffin. Alternatively, the location that inspired the novel could be the Black...
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further track runs the length of the ridge southeastwards to the hamlet of Capel-y-ffin. Lord Hereford's Knob was the subject of a satirical folk rock song of...
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Elan Valley Reservoirs (redirect from Pen-y-garreg)
Midlands of England. The five lakes are known as the Claerwen, Craig-goch, Pen-y-garreg, Garreg-ddu, and Caban-coch. Water from the reservoirs is carried by...
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Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain (section Y Foel Camp)
period and it is reputed to be the site of the Roman station of Mediolanum. Y Foel Camp is situated on the summit of the Foel Hill, to the west of the Winllan...
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surrounding area. This part of Wales, including the villages of Clyro, Capel-y-ffin, Llowes, Glasbury, Llanigon, Painscastle, and the town of Hay-on-Wye...
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Boughrood Bronllys Builth Wells Burgedin Buttington Bwlch Caehopkin Caersws Capel-y-ffin Carno Cathedine Cefnllys Cemmaes Road Church Stoke Cilmery Clatter Clyro...
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known as "Kilvert country" includes Glasbury and Hay-on-Wye, Clyro, Capel-y-ffin, Llowes, Llanigon, Painscastle, Clifford and Whitney-on-Wye. Glasbury...
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Dan yr Ogof caves are a short journey from the town centre, passing Craig-y-Nos Castle and country park. The caves are reputed to have once been the hideout...
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was one of the few places where the river could be forded. In Roman Britain Y Gaer (Cicucium) was established as a Roman cavalry base for the conquest of...
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sign-painters in the 1910s and some capital letter signs around his home in Capel-y-ffin, Wales. Gill had greatly admired Johnston's work on their Underground...
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Machynlleth, and are reputed to have had two look-out posts above the town at Bryn-y-gog and Wylfa, and another fort, called Maglona, at Machynlleth. One of the...
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partial seclusion at the erstwhile monastery of Joseph Leycester Lyne at Capel-y-Ffin in South Wales. At this point, the monastery was the private residence...
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Pepler's St. Dominic's Press, including The Rosary Book. When Gill moved to Capel-y-ffin in the Black Mountains of South Wales in 1923, Jones returned to London...
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the 18th century. The unusual spelling of Powis, with an 'i' instead of a 'y' as in the county spelling, derives from the Herbert family's title as Lord...
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Boughrood Bronllys Builth Wells Burgedin Buttington Bwlch Caehopkin Caersws Capel-y-ffin Carno Cathedine Cefnllys Cemmaes Road Church Stoke Cilmery Clatter Clyro...
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Carmine. The name, Rhayader, is a partly-Anglicised form of its Welsh name, Y Rhaeadr ('the waterfall'), or, to distinguish it from other places named after...
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fort on nearby Table Mountain, although this has the local name of Mynydd y Begwn. It may be that Crug Hywel refers to the castle mound in the town itself...
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Knighton (Welsh: Tref-y-clawdd [trɛvəˈklauð] or Trefyclo) is a market town and community on the River Teme, straddling the border between Powys, Wales...
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