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Llansanffraid (other)
Llansanffraid and variant spellings of this place-name may refer to the following places (all in Wales): * Llansantffraed, a parish and small settlement in Talybont-on-Usk, near Brecon, in Powys * Llansantffraid, Ceredigion or Llansantffraed, a parish and village near Llanon in Ceredigion * Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, or Glyn Ceiriog, a village in Wrexham County Borough. * Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, a former parish in Denbighshire * Llansantffraed, Monmouthshire, a parish and village near Raglan in Monmouthshire * Llansantffraid railway station, a former station in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys * Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, a village between Oswestry and Welshpool in Powys * Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, former port on the River Conwy See also *Cwmdauddwr, Powys, also known as Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr *St Brides-super-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan, called ''Llansanffraid-ar-Elái'' in Welsh *St Brides Wentloog, Newport, called ''Llansanffraid Gwynllŵg'' in Welsh {{place name disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llansantffraed
Llansantffraed (Llansantffraed-juxta-Usk) is a parish in the community of Talybont-on-Usk in Powys, Wales, near Brecon. The benefice of Llansantffraed with Llanrhystud and Llanddeiniol falls within the Diocese of St Davids in the Church in Wales. Church and churchyard The church of St Ffraed is a Grade II listed building. It was largely restored in 1690 and was completely rebuilt in 1885 by the architect Stephen W. Williams. The parish is the burial place of the poet Henry Vaughan (1621–1695), who was born in the hamlet of Scethrog within the parish. Vaughan's grave in the churchyard, on the slopes of a hill known as Allt yr Esgair or simply The Allt, overlooks the River Usk. The poets Siegfried Sassoon, Roland Mathias, Brian Morris and Anne Cluysenaar were all inspired to write poems by their visits to the grave. Sassoon's "At the Grave of Henry Vaughan" is the best-known of these and is read every year at the graveside following the Vaughan memorial service. Anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |