Llanafan Fawr

Llanafan Fawr

Llanafan Fawr is a small hamlet in Powys, a county in Wales. Located there are the 12th century Red Lion Inn, a church (the burial place of Thomas Huet, a 16th century translator of the Bible into Welsh) [cite web| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14046| title=Huet, Thomas (d. 1591)| last=Roberts |first=Brynley F. |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access) |publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2004| accessdate=2008-02-27] and a 2,200 year old yew tree. The spa town of Llandrindod Wells is just 15 minutes drive away, and the market town of Builth Wells is about nine miles away. Llanafan Fawr Agricultural Show is held on the third Saturday in September each year. The Welsh poet T Harri Jones comes from Llanafan Fawr.

External links

* [http://www.castlewales.com/llanafan_fawr.html Llanafan Fawr]

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