Three Cocks
| Three Cocks/Aberllynfi | |
|---|---|
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  Three Cocks/Aberllynfi Location withinPowys | |
| Population | n/a |
| OS grid reference | SO174378 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRECON |
| Postcode district | LD3 |
| Dialling code | 01497 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Three CocksorAberllynfi(Welsh:[ˌabɛrˈɬənvi]) is a village nearGlasburyinPowys,Wales. TheWelshname refers to the mouth of theAfon Llynfiwhich enters theRiver Wyea mile from the village. The nearest town isHay-on-Wyesome 5 miles (8.5 km) to the northeast.
Three Cocks Coaching Inn
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The curious English name of the village is comparatively recent and was taken from the former railway station (Three Cocks Junction,now a garden centre) where theHereford, Hay and Brecon Railwaymet theMid-Wales Railway.The station derived its name from the 15th century Three Cocks Inn (a coaching inn, still extant[1][2]) which in turn took its name from thearmorial bearingsof former local landowners, the Williams family of Old Gwernyfed.[3]These were supposed to have been based on the arms of the medieval Welsh prince Einon Sais, who lived in Aberllynfi, but this is probably a later invention. The station, together with all the services which ran through it, was closed in December 1962.
Thomas Edwards, a former innkeeper of the Three Cocks, was also a bridge-builder, constructing the 7-arch Glasbury Bridge in 1777 (destroyed by floods in 1795) and rebuilding the 3-arch bridge over the Llynfi at Pont Ithel in 1783.[4]
Gwernyfed
[edit]The original house anddeer parkofOld Gwernyfed(Welsh:[ɡwɛrˈnəvɛd]), to the south of the village, is of medieval origin, but the house was extensively rebuilt in the 17th century.[5]In 1600 it was purchased by Sir David Williams,MPfor theBorough of Brecon(1584–93, 1597–1604). In 1613, it was inherited by his son, Sir Henry Williams, MP for the Borough of Brecon (1601–04) and forBreconshire(1620–28). His son, alsoSir Henry Williams,was also MP for Breconshire (1628–29).[6]On 6 August 1645, he was said to have entertainedKing Charles Iat Gwernyfed, following Charles' defeat at theBattle of Naseby.[7]Curiously,Sir Edward Williamswas not a relation (despite his surname), but married the family heiress in 1675. This seems to have ensured that he too became MP for Breconshire (1697–98, 1705–21).[6]In 1776, Thomas Wood also married the family heiress.[8]Their son,Thomas Wood,was MP for Breconshire for forty-one years (1806–47). He enjoyed the friendship of members of the royal family andKing George IVvisited him at Old Gwernyfed.[8]The house is now agrade I listedbuilding.[9]The gardens and park are listed at Grade II* on theCadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[10]
Gwernyfed Park, a much laterJacobean-stylehouse within the deer park, was built for Captain Thomas Wood byWilliam Eden Nesfieldin the 1870s.[11][12]During the Second World War, it was requisitioned and used by theSouth Wales Borderers.[13]Since 1950, it has formed part ofGwernyfed High School.Arugby unionclub,Gwernyfed RFC,was founded at the school in the 1960s, but now plays at and represents the nearby town ofTalgarth.Gwernyfed Park is now agrade II* listedbuilding.[14]
Aberllynfi parish and community
[edit]Aberllynfi was once a separate ecclesiasticalparish,but its church fell into disuse in the 18th century.[15]
Following local government reorganization in 1985, the formerCommunityof Aberllynfi has been placed in the Community ofGwernyfed,together with the neighbouring village of Felindre and the southern part of the village ofGlasbury.[16]
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Three Cocks Junction with signalbox and Refreshment Room c1960 -
Three Cocks Junction Station in 1949 -
The Three Cocks Inn -
Old Gwernyfed
References
[edit]- ^"The Three Cocks Hotel".Threecockshotel.com.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^"The Three Cocks Hotel (C) Jonathan Billinger:: Geograph Britain and Ireland".Geograph.org.uk.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^"Old Gwernyfed".Coflein.gov.uk.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^A.W. Skempton, A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.1, pp 210-211 (2002)ISBN0-7277-2939-X
- ^"Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Historic Landscapes - Middle Wye - Administrative Landscapes".Cpat.org.uk.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^ab"WILLIAMS families, of Gwernyfed, in the parish of Glasbury, Brecknock".Dictionary of Welsh Biography.National Library of Wales.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^J. Britton et al., The Beauties of England and Wales, p. 100 (1815)
- ^ab"Wood Family".Nationalarchives.gov.uk.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^Cadw."Old Gwernyfed, Powys (Grade I) (6654)".National Historic Assets of Wales.Retrieved15 February2023.
- ^Cadw."Old Gwernyfed & Gwernyfed Park (PGW(Po)5(POW))".National Historic Assets of Wales.Retrieved6 February2023.
- ^Cadw."Gwernyfed High School (Grade II*) (7464)".National Historic Assets of Wales.Retrieved13 June2021.
- ^"Gwernyfed Park; Gwernyfed High School (25575)".Coflein.RCAHMW.Retrieved29 September2021.
- ^[1]ArchivedOctober 15, 2008, at theWayback Machine
- ^"Gwernyfed High School - Gwernyfed - Powys - Wales".Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. 1 May 1976.Retrieved16 March2015.
- ^Rev. W.E.T. Morgan, Hay and neighbourhood, 1932.
- ^Neighbourhood Statistics."Check Browser Settings".Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.Retrieved16 March2015.
