Kerry, Powys






































































Kerry
  • Welsh: Ceri



Kerry is located in Powys

Kerry

Kerry



Location within Powys

Population 2,057 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SO146899
Principal area
  • Powys
Ceremonial county
  • Powys
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWTOWN
Postcode district SY16
Dialling code 01686
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh

EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
  • Montgomeryshire
Welsh Assembly
  • Montgomeryshire


List of places

UK

Wales

Powys


52°30′04″N 3°15′29″W / 52.5012°N 3.25803°W / 52.5012; -3.25803Coordinates: 52°30′04″N 3°15′29″W / 52.5012°N 3.25803°W / 52.5012; -3.25803

Kerry (Welsh: Ceri) is a village and geographically large community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales.


The village lies on the A489 road 2.8 miles (4.5 km) southeast of Newtown and possesses two pubs — the Herbert Arms and the Kerry Lamb — a village hall, a bowling green, a post office, a primary school and a hairdresser (formerly the Kerry Vale Butcher's shop).


Kerry also has a parish church of Norman origins dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, as well as a baptist church.


The village has a population of about 800. It is the home of Phil Mills, WRC rally driver and co-driver.


It gives its name to the Kerry Hill breed of sheep.




Contents






  • 1 Governance


  • 2 History


  • 3 St. Michael's Church


  • 4 Dolforgan Hall


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Governance


The large, rural Kerry community contains the villages of Kerry, Glanmule, Dolfor and Sarn. It is divided into three wards (Kerry, Dolfor and Sarn)[2] and for Powys County Council the community is an electoral division/ward (called Kerry).[3] It falls in the historic county of Montgomeryshire.




Photograph by Percy Benzie Abery; c. 1910.




Photograph by Percy Benzie Abery; c. 1910.



History


The Battle of Kerry was fought nearby in 1228 between Llywelyn Fawr and Hubert de Burgh.


The area around the village was the Welsh commote and Lordship of Ceri, part of the region of Rhwng Gwy a Hafren,[4] and it was originally ruled by the Princes of Maelienydd and their descendants.[5][6]


Kerry was the terminus of the Kerry Railway, later a branch of the Cambrian Railways, connecting it to Abermule that ceased operating in 1956. The narrow gauge Kerry Tramway brought timber from the forests to the main line station.



St. Michael's Church


Main article: St Michael and All Angels Church, Kerry



St. Michael's Church


St. Michael's Church of Kerry is located within the diocese of St. Asaph and was built in 1176.[citation needed] The parish is very large in comparison to others, stretching as far as Mochdre, Dolfor and Beguildy. It boasts one of only three chained Bibles in Wales, possibly even in the United Kingdom, and is printed according to William Morgan's Welsh translation.



Dolforgan Hall


Main article: Dolforgan Hall

Dolforgan Hall and estate, was located just outside Kerry. From 1868 to 1883, it was the home of inventor and industrialist James Walton.[7] In 1894, it was purchased by John William Willans, the chief engineer of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and passed to his son, philanthropist John Bancroft Willans.[8]



See also




  • Cilthriew, Kerry. Timber-Framed farmhouse belonging to the Papworth Trust.


  • Upper Pengelli, Kerry. Victorian Model Farm

  • Kerry Hill sheep


  • J W Poundley and D Walker. Architects and Land Surveyors of Black Hall, Kerry.



References





  1. ^ "Ward/Community population 2011". Retrieved 11 November 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Powys County Council Archived 2012-05-10 at the Wayback Machine Kerry boundary review


  3. ^ Ordnance Survey Election Maps


  4. ^ Sir John Edward Lloyd: A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, 1911


  5. ^ Montgomeryshire Collections (The Powysland Club), Vol. 95 (2007), pages 23-31): The Lordship of Ceri in the Thirteenth Century, David Stephenson


  6. ^ Collections Historical & Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire (The Powysland Club), Volume 1 (1868), page 233: The Welsh Lords of Kerry and Arwystli, Hon. & Rev. G.T.O. Bridgeman M.A.


  7. ^ Williams, Richard (1894). Montgomeryshire worthies. Newtown: Phillips & Son. p. 308.


  8. ^ "WILLANS, JOHN BANCROFT (1881 - 1957), country landowner, antiquarian and philanthropist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. The National Library of Wales. 2001.




External links


Media related to Kerry, Powys at Wikimedia Commons



  • Kerry Community Council website

  • Photos of Kerry and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk

  • Kerry Baptist Church









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