05-05-2025
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- Powys County Times
A look back at Llanrhaeadr life in the 2000s in pictures
WELCOME to bygones and a community close up on Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant.
These pictures were all taken between 2000 and 2010.
The border village lies near the foothills of the Berwyn mountains on the river Rhaeadr. At the top end of the valley is the Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall, one of the traditional Seven Wonders of Wales.
One mile north of the village is the hill Moel Hen-fache which stands at 1,690ft.
The Norman church of St Dogfan is a Grade II* listed building, restored between 1879 and 1882, but with parts dating back to the 13th century.
The parish is best known for its former vicar, William Morgan who first translated the whole Bible into Welsh in the 1580s.
The village was at one point served by the defunct Tanat Valley Light Railway which served Pentrefelin, Llanrhaiadr Mochnant and Pedairffordd Halt but sadly the line was closed as part of the devastating Beeching cuts of the 1960s.
Castle Fine Art, Llanrhaeadr Open Day. Pictured is Steve Page working on one of five Fountains that are being made for Blackburn City Centre. (Image: BCA/CT.)
The Tanat Theatre stages a one off performance of Old Time Musical Hall to raise money for the village hall. (Image: BCA/CT.)
Eleven-year-old Lauren Edmunds of Llangedwyn won the Matthew Morrison Memorial Award at Llanrhaeadr Primary School for being the most helpful pupil in the school. (Image: BCA/CT.) Tanat Valley Theatre Club of Llanrhaeadr staged a production of Snow White.
(Image: BCA/CT.) Lee Williams entered and won football shirts for the school by entering a Walkers Crisps competition for the pupils from Llanrhaeadr YM Primary School.
