Kerry, Powys
| Kerry | |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | SO146899 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Kerry (Template:Lang-cy) is a small village in Powys, mid-Wales.
Kerry lies on the A489 road some three miles east of Newtown. It was the terminus of the Kerry Railway, later a Cambrian Railway branch connecting it to Abermule that ceased operating in 1956. The narrow gauge Kerry Tramway brought timber from the forests to the main line station.
The Kerry Ward on Powys Council also includes the village of Sarn.
It gives its name to the Kerry Hill breed of sheep.
It is the home of Phil Rees.
Kerry has two pubs, the Herbert Arms and the Kerry Lamb, a post office and a hairdresser's, Nikki's, formerly the Kerry Vale Butchers' Shop. All of these are located close to the village square.
Kerry also has a church of Norman origins dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels.
The village has a population of about 800.
St. Michael's Church
St. Michael's Church of Kerry is located within the diocese of St. Asaph and was built in 1176. 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 English - Welsh translation. Below is a list of the Rectors and Vicars as of the reign of Henry III:
- Rectors
- 1246 Henricus de Bretun
- 1374 Matthew
- 1387 Griffinus Castell
- 1395 Meredydd ap Tudur
- 1397 Madoc ap Philip
- Vicars
- 1443 Thomas, exchanged with
- 1443 John Hankynson
- ???? Maurice ap Evan Lloyd ap Maurice ap Madoc ap Einion of Mochtre
- 1532 Richard ap Rice
- 1540 Griffith ap Owen
- 1566 Richard Price
- 1614 John ap Rees ap Evan ap Llew
- 1615 Christopher Brains, M.A.
- 1655 Richard Payne, M.A.
- 1672 Spencer Lucy, M.A.
- 1690 John Catlyn, A.M.
- 1717 John Davies, D.D.
- 1732 Littleton Brown, M.A.
- 1749 Onslow Barret
- 1758 Joshua Thomas
- 1759 Joshua Carless, B.A.
- 1807 John Jenkins, M.A. ("Ifor Ceri")
- 1830 Horace Monro, M.A.
- 1836 Alfred Ollivant, M.A., D.D.
- 1846 William Morgan, B.D.
- 1879 Owen Alexander Nares, B.D.
- 1897 Thomas Phillips, B.A.
- 1934 Harry George Whiteman, B.A.
- 1941 William Lewis, B.A.
- 1949 William Arthur Davies, B.A.
- 1954 John Idris Jones, B.A.
- 1967 Phillip Bryan Jones, Dip. Theol.
- 1974 David Griffiths, Dip. Theol.
- 19?? Walker
- 200? Reynolds
- 2008 Mark Chadwick
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