Llanbedr, Brecknockshire

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Llanbedr
Brecknockshire
Llanbedr below Sugar Loaf - geograph.org.uk - 333839.jpg
Llanbedr from the west, with the Sugar Loaf behind
Location
Grid reference: SO239203
Location: 51°52’36"N, 3°6’22"W
Data
Post town: Crickhowell
Postcode: NP8
Dialling code: 01873
Local Government
Council: Powys
Parliamentary
constituency:
Brecon & Radnorshire

Llanbedr is a small village and ancient parish in Brecknockshire two miles north-east of Crickhowell. It stands above the river known as the Grwyne Fechan just above its confluence with the Grwyne Fawr in the southern parts of the Black Mountains range.

The name 'Llanbedr' is Welsh for 'Peter's Church'; a common enough name.

The village sits within the shadow of Table Mountain, an outlying spur of Pen Cerrig-calch on which is perched the Iron Age hill fort of Crug Hywel, from which Crickhowell takes its own name.

The parish church is the Church of St Peter, a Grade-II* listed building.

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References

The Church of St Peter