Llandysilio

Village in Powys, Wales

Human settlement in Wales

Powys

Powys

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Montgomeryshire

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Montgomeryshire

List of places: UK; Wales; Powys

52°46′10″N 3°05′07″W / 52.769306°N 3.0852056°W / 52.769306; -3.0852056

Llandysilio is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales.

Its population at the 2001 Census was 962,^[1] increasing to 1,122 at the 2011 census.^[2] The present parish church, dedicated to Saint Tysilio, dates from 1867 but tradition states that a church was founded here by Tysilio in the seventh century.^[3] The community includes the village of Four Crosses.

Robert Baugh (1748–1832), a Welsh surveyor, copper-plate engraver, map-maker and print-maker came from the town; as did Rev. Elias Owen MA, F.S.A. (1833–1899), a Welsh cleric and antiquarian.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 1,789 at the 2011 Census.^[4]

References

^ Census 2001
^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^ "Church of St Tysilio, Llandysilio". The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 November 2015.