Pentre-bach, Powys

Pentre-bach (Welsh for "small village") is a hamlet (one of several in Wales with similar names) in Powys, Wales,[1] in the former county and current Shire Committee Area of Breconshire or Brecknockshire. It is located on the Afon Cilieni, a small tributary of the River Usk, between Brecon and Llandovery. The hamlet has a pub called the "Shoemakers Arms"[2] or Tafarn y Crydd, and a former chapel, originally Calvinistic Methodist, named "Beili-du",[3][4] Welsh for "black yard". The nearest church is in Llandeilo'r-Fan, 2 km to the NW, and the nearest shop is in Sennybridge, 4 km to the south.

Pentre-bach
Pentre-bach is located in Powys
Pentre-bach
Pentre-bach
Location within Powys
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBrecon
Postcode districtLD3
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament

Construction started of a railway line up the Cilieni valley, but was abandoned in 1867. (See Neath and Brecon Railway and.[5])

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