Llysdinam is a hamlet

Hamlet

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 located to the west and near to the Welsh

Wales

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 town of Llandrindod Wells

Llandrindod Wells

Llandrindod Wells , colloquially known locally as "Llandod", is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, mid Wales, United Kingdom. It was developed as a spa town in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Before...

 in Powys

Powys

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History

The Llysdinam estate and hamlet were created by the Venables family around their Llysdinam House, in Newbridge-on-Wye

Newbridge-on-Wye

Newbridge-on-Wye is a small village in Powys, Wales. It lies, as its name suggests, on the River Wye, just downstream from the market town of Rhayader.- Location :...

, then in Breconshire. The estate past through the family, including: Richard Venables (1774-1858), archdeacon of Carmarthen

Carmarthen

Carmarthen is a community in, and the county town of, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is sited on the River Towy north of its mouth at Carmarthen Bay. In 2001, the population was 14,648....

 and vicar of Clyro

Clyro

Clyro is a village in Powys, Wales with approximately 600 inhabitants . The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 1.5 miles to the southeast. The nearest city is Hereford in England, some 23 miles to the east.-History:...

 from 1811-1846; and Richard Lister Venables (1809-94), vicar of Clyro and Bettws Clyro. Following the marriage of Katherine Minna (b. 1870) and Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn, 2nd Baronet was a Welsh Conservative Member of Parliament who briefly represented Radnorshire in the House of Commons and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire....

, in 1893, the estate was added to the Penllergare

Penllergare

Penllergare is a country park in Britain. It was the estate of John Dillwyn Llewelyn adjacent to what is now the village of Penllergaer, Swansea...

 and Ynis-y-gerwn estates in Glamorgan

Glamorgan

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, already held by the Dillwyn-Llewelyn family

Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn Baronets

The Dillwyn-Llewelyn, later Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn Baronetcy, of Penllergare in Llangyfelach and Ynis-y-gerwn in Cadoxton juxta Neath in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 March 1890 for John Dillwyn-Llewelyn...

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From 1911, Sir Charles erected a series of bird nest boxes on the estate, which today number around 1000. In the 1960s, Sir Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn, the Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire

Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire

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, formed both the educational Llysdinam Trust and the local county wildlife trust to preserve the estate.

Present

After the establishment of the trust, Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

 were approached to start a field centre within the estate's grounds but as of 2010 is pending closure

In November 2010

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, the field centre recorded a low temperature of -18.0C, Wales's coldest November night on record.