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Aberllynfi is a village in the Welsh county of Powys.

This is the location Aberllynfi castle built sometime in the 12th century. What remains of the small fortification is the motte raised above the surrounding marsh.


Aberllyvni, or Aberllynvy (Aber-Llyfni, or Aber-Llynfi) - From 'A Topographical Dictionary of Wales' (1849)
ABERLLYVNI, or ABERLLYNVY (ABER-LLYFNI, or ABER-LLYNFI), a hamlet, formerly a parish, in the union of Hay, hundred of Talgarth, county of Brecknock, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Hay; containing 116 inhabitants. This place is situated at the junction of the river Llyvni with the Wye, on the southern bank of the latter, and amid the most luxuriant and richly diversified scenery. It has long since ceased to exercise the ecclesiastical rights of a parish, though they have not been transferred to any adjoining place. The inhabitants marry and bury their dead at Glâsbury, from which circumstance Aberllyvni is commonly considered a hamlet to that parish; but they do not contribute to the church-rate of Glâsbury, which is the usual mark of dependence. From the will of William Vaughan, of Maeslwch, dated 1582, the advowson seems to have been the property of that gentleman, who bequeathed it to his daughter, Catherine Vaughan, together with that of Llŷswen: it is also noticed in Pope Nicholas' Valuation, separate from Glâsbury, at £4. 6. 8. The benefice appears to have ceased to exist about the middle of the last century, when the church fell into ruins, and the patronage has not since been exercised; no tithes have been paid within the memory of man, nor has any churchwarden been appointed since the Restoration. Prior to the last century, the church, it is presumed, was regularly served; and there are persons still living who recollect the existence of tombstones: an aged yew-tree indicates the site of the building, but the whole is now covered by a small plantation of firtrees. At an adjoining farmhouse is an octagonal stone font, ornamented in its different compartments with mullets and crosses, and bearing the date 1635. Aberllyvni, with the hamlet of Velindre, receives £6. 8. 6. per annum, arising from a bequest by Sir David Williams, Knt., for the benefit of the poor. The same individual bequeathed 10s. for preaching a sermon in the church on Trinity-Sunday, but as that edifice has fallen into decay, no sermon is preached, and the money is carried to the general fund for charitable purposes.



 

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