Yscir

Ysgir
Ysgir
Ysgir shown within Powys
Population 424 
OS grid reference SO03SW00
• Cardiff 35.3 mi (56.8 km)
• London 145.6 mi (234.3 km)
Community
  • Yscir
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Aberhonddu
Postcode district LD3
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
Website http://www.yscir.net/

Yscir (or Ysgir) is a community in the county of Powys, Wales (the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire)) and is 35.3 miles (56.7 km) from Cardiff and 145.6 miles (234.3 km) from London.[1][2] In 2011 the population of Yscir was 424 with 17.9% of them able to speak Welsh.[3]

Cradog and Aberyscir are villages within the boundary of this community.

Aberyscir Round Cairn (51.9644°N 3.4732°W) and two standing stones (Battle and Fennifach Standing Stones) are all Scheduled prehistoric Monuments dating back to the Celtic (pre-Roman) period.[4]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The ward includes the communities of Yscir, Merthyr Cynog and Trallong. At the 2011 Census this ward had a population of 1,038.[5]

In the 2017 local elections it was the only ward in Wales where no candidates put themselves forward,[6] after the sitting councillor, Gillian Thomas, retired before the election. Six candidates subsequently put themselves forward and a by-election, on the 21 June 2017, was won by the Conservative Party.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); accessed 9 May 2014
  2. ↑ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  3. ↑ Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats; accessed 9 May 2014
  4. ↑ www.ancientmonuments.info website; accessed 10 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Deans, David (2 May 2017). "Local elections: Yscir - where no-one wants to stand". BBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Tory wins Yscir by-election where no-one stood at May poll". BBC News. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

See also


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