Boughrood
Boughrood (Welsh: Bochrwd) is a village in Powys, Wales.
Historically in Radnorshire, the village is situated near the River Wye between Hay-on-Wye and Builth Wells.
The River Wye passes to the west and north of the village, and a bridge connects Boughrood to Llyswen, a small village south of the river.
The village's church, St Cynog's, was built in 1854 on the site of a medieval graveyard. In 2004 the church had a new spire built, to replace one that was declared unsafe and demolished in the 1970s.[1]
Boughrood Castle was in the village, by the 19th century only a moat and part of a wall survived, however a house also called Boughrood Castle was built on the site.[2]
Boughrood and Llyswen railway station, on the Mid-Wales Railway, was closed by British Railways in 1962.
[edit] References
- ^ "Spire returns to village church". BBC News. 2004-11-29. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/4053131.stm. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ "'Bonvilston - Brecknockshire' A Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1849)". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. p. 92–125. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47802. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
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Coordinates: 52°02′42″N 3°16′17″W / 52.045°N 3.2714°W
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