Llanwnnog

Llanwnnog is a village in Powys, Wales.[1] It is located one-and-a half miles north of Caersws in the community of the same name, on the B4568 road. The Ordnance Survey spell the name with a single 'n'.

Church of St Gwynog

The Welsh romantic poet John Ceiriog Hughes is buried in the village churchyard in an ornamental grave with cast iron railings and a memorial plate.[2] He was employed on the Cambrian Railways at Caersws as stationmaster and Manager of the Van Railway from 1868 until his death in 1887.[3]

References
  1. GENUKI: Llanwnnog, Montgomeryshire
  2. The National Library of Wales :: Dictionary of Welsh Biography
  3. C P Gasquoine (1973). The Story of the Cambrian. Christopher Davies Ltd.

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