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Pentre-bach, Powys

Coordinates: 51°59′08″N 3°35′25″W / 51.985432°N 3.590319°W / 51.985432; -3.590319
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Pentre-bach
Pentre-bach is located in Powys
Pentre-bach
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Postcode districtLD3
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51°59′08″N 3°35′25″W / 51.985432°N 3.590319°W / 51.985432; -3.590319

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.

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

References

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  1. ^ Pentre-bach, Powys - Powys - area information, map, walks and more
  2. ^ Shoemakers Arms - Pentre Bach, Brecon, Wales, LD3 8UB
  3. ^ Genuki: Beilidu Chapel, Bilidu, Pentre-Bach, Breconshire
  4. ^ "Beilidu Chapel, English Presbyterian And Calvinistic Methodist;bilidu, Pentre-bach (6065)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ [1] Shoemakers Arms