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Crickhowell ( Crug Hywel, Crughywel, or Crucywel in Welsh ) is a small town in Powys, Mid Wales.
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Crickhowell and Crug
The name Crickhowell is taken from that of the nearby Iron Age hill fort of Crug Hywel above the town, the Welsh language name being anglicised by map-makers and local English-speaking people.
Your little finger is Allt Mawr and its nail is Crug Hywel giving its name to Crickhowell below it.
Antiquities include Llanthony Priory in the Vale of Ewyas, ruined Craswall Priory, Tretower Castle, Tretower Court, the Iron Age hill fort of Crug Hywel, and the remains of Castell Dinas, an 11th to 13th century castle built on the site of an Iron Age hillfort between Talgarth and Crickhowell.
Crickhowell and Hywel
The official office of the First Minister is in Tŷ Hywel, previously known as Crickhowell House, and the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.
Crickhowell and Welsh
Warwick engaged Welsh forces at the Battle of Mynydd Cwmdu, near Tretower Castle a few miles northwest of Crickhowell – nearly capturing Owain Glyndwr himself, taking Owain's banner, forcing the Welsh to flee.
During the 1990s Lord Crickhowell became a leading figure in the campaign for a permanent home for the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff.
Crickhowell and is
Roger Hugh Williams ( born 22 January 1948, Crickhowell, Wales ) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
Crickhowell High School is a secondary school with approximately 700 pupils.
Crickhowell is administered by Powys County Council.
There is some light industry on the outskirts of Crickhowell at the Elvicta Industrial Estate.
Crickhowell ’ s most famous son was the mapping expert Sir George Everest ( 1798 – 1866 ) who was born at Gwernvale Manor near Crickhowell ( this is now a hotel, known simply as ' The Manor ').
He was a Surveyor-General of India, after whom Mount Everest was named, there is also a street in Crickhowell named after him ( Everest Drive ).
Today, Crickhowell is a popular tourist destination.
Roger Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, PC ( born 25 February 1934 ) is a British Conservative Party politician and a former Secretary of State for Wales.
Bwlch is a small village on a col between two hills, where the present day A40 road now runs, between Brecon and Crickhowell in Powys, southern Wales.
Llangorse Lake is also nearby, as is the town of Crickhowell, some downhill to the east in the valley of the River Usk.
The Sugar Loaf is very popular with walkers and hillwalking enthusiasts and offers easy ascents on foot from the Sugar Loaf car park at about 1000 feet ( halfway ) or longer ascents from Abergavenny and Crickhowell or Llangenny.
Dewi Morris ( born 9 February 1964 in Crickhowell, Wales ) is a former rugby union footballer, who played scrum half for England.
Crickhowell and town
Born in the town of Crickhowell, Roger Williams studied at Christ College, Brecon and Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Crickhowell and Powys
He was born in Gwernvale Manor west of Crickhowell in Powys, in 1790.
He served in that position until 1987, when he was given a life peerage as Baron Crickhowell, of Pont Esgob in the Black Mountains and County of Powys.
Settlements in and around the Black Mountains include Hay-on-Wye, Llangors, Talgarth, Crickhowell, Cwmdu, each in Powys, Abergavenny in Monmouthshire and Longtown in Herefordshire.
Crickhowell and Mid
The school also owns an outward bound centre, the Old Chapel near Crickhowell in Mid Wales.
Crickhowell and Wales
In 2007 the band has reverted back to a three piece, made an appearance at the fifth annual Green Man Festival in Crickhowell, Wales and relocated from Washington, D. C. to Los Angeles, California.
He was a fellow of All Souls from 1870 until his death, which occurred at Crickhowell, Wales, on 4 August 1907.
Crickhowell and .
* Glanwysc Villa, Llangattock ( Crickhowell ) ( c. 1795 )
The main towns are Brecon, Builth Wells, Crickhowell, Hay-on-Wye, Llanwrtyd Wells, Talgarth and Ystradgynlais.
The county was divided into six hundreds: Builth, Crickhowell, Devynnock, Merthyr, Penkelly, and Talgarth.
Other market towns were Builth, Crickhowell and Hay-on-Wye.
A479 originally linked the A40 west of Crickhowell to the A44 road at Rhayader.
The A479 now runs only from Crickhowell to Llyswen.
Notable features in Crickhowell include the seventeenth-century stone bridge over the River Usk with its odd arches ( twelve on one side, thirteen on the other ) and its seat built into the walls, the 14th-century parish church of St Edmund, and the ruins of Crickhowell Castle on the green " tump " beside the A40 Brecon to Abergavenny road.
Crickhowell castle was initially a motte and bailey castle built from 1121, probably by Robert Turberville of the family of Norman Lords, at this time a tenant of Bernard de Neufmarche, Hugh Turberville holding the castle from 1273 not as tenant-in-chief but as mesne lord.
Other facilities in Crickhowell include a library, two play areas, public toilets and the CRiC building, which houses a tourist information centre, an internet cafe, an art gallery and a local history archive.
There are a number of churches in Crickhowell.
Most people visit Crickhowell to see the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons, and maybe enjoy some mountain-biking, camping, hillwalking, rock climbing, fly-fishing, hang-gliding, caravanning or simply tour the area by car staying at Bed-and-breakfasts.
* Photos of Crickhowell and surrounding area on geograph. org. uk
Crug and Welsh
By late September 1136 a vast Welsh host gathered in Ceredigion, which included the combined forces of Gwynedd, Deheubarth, and Powys ; met the Norman army at the Battle of Crug Mawr at Cardigan Castle.
Crug and is
There are a number of theories as to the meaning, but the most popular is that it comes from Crug Caeth: caeth may mean ' prisoner ' and thus the name could mean prisoner's rock, a reference to the imprisonment of one of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth's sons in the castle by his brother.
Crug and town
The same year, Owain Gwynedd led the defeat of the Norman rulers in the town of Cardigan at the Battle of Crug Mawr.
Crug and Powys
The river rises within of the Teifi on the lower slopes of Crug Gynan in the Cambrian Mountains () and, flowing through the Towy Forest, forms the border between Ceredigion and Powys.
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