Cwmdauddwr (rarely referred to by its correct full name of Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr) is a village in

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, Wales. It is contiguous with the town of

Rhayader Rhayader (; ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales, within the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Radnorshire. The town is from the source of the River Wye on Plynlimon, the highest point of the Cambri ...

on the opposite side of the

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. The village is located on the B4518 road linking Rhayader with the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Map of the Cantrefs and Commotes of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren

The parish of Cwmdauddwr corresponds approximately to the medieval

commote A commote (, sometimes spelt in older documents as , plural , less frequently )'' Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru'' (University of Wales Dictionary), p. 643 was a secular division of land in Medieval Wales. The word derives from the prefix ("together" ...

of ; ). It was so called because of its location where the rivers Elan and Wye join. It has also been referred to as '' Elenydd'' and ''Elenid''. It was in the area known as

Rhwng Gwy a Hafren was a region of medieval Wales, located in the Welsh Marches between Kingdom of Powys, Powys to the north and Brycheiniog to the south. It was bounded by the rivers River Wye, Wye () and River Severn, Severn (). It covered about the same territor ...

. It was also associated with Gwrtheyrnion on the east of the Wye, together they formed a

cantref A cantref ( ; ; plural cantrefi or cantrefs; also rendered as ''cantred'') was a Wales in the Early Middle Ages, medieval Welsh land division, particularly important in the administration of Welsh law. Description Land in medieval Wales was divid ...

. This commote should not be confused with the commote of Deuddwr in Ystlyg which is also in Powys. The village is home to a pub (The Triangle Inn), village hall and a

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dedicated to St Bride (). The Groe, a large park on the banks of the river, has walks, play areas and sports pitches. Rhayader railway station was situated in the village until its closure in 1963.

Church

St Bride's church is Victorian and set in an extensive graveyard. It contains some older memorials and some of the foundations of an earlier church, that stood on the same site, are still traceable in the churchyard near the east wall. Emmeline Lewis Lloyd is buried here, and the church has a memorial. The plaque was saved from Nantgwyllt church when the Elan Valley was flooded between 1896 and 1905 to create the Caban Coch reservoir, it notes that Lewis Lloyd was the eighth woman to climb

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Photos of Cwmdauddwr and surrounding area on geograph
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