Dilwyn drive down post the church to reach the village green surrounded bu black and white cottages.

Opposite the green is The Old Forge Gallery and Tea rooms. On leaving continue post the green on your left to re-join the main road, now the A4112 signed Brecon.

Dilwyn has been thought to be Old English (Anglo Saxon) for a hidden place. This is based on 2 of the 4 names for Dilwyn that appear in the Domesday Book i.e. Dilge. However, Dilge appears to refer to Sollers Dilwyn and Little Dilwyn and not the main manor of Dilwyn. This manor was shown in the other 2 entries as Diluen. This is more likely to be a Normanised version of a celtic (Welsh) name. It should be remembered that Welsh (the anglo-saxon name for the celtic language) was widely spoken in the area up to the time of the English Civil War.

Domesday is possibly the earliest written record found for our parish. However, these records do show that anglo-saxon communities were well established in the parish before the Normans arrived. So our history well pre-dates the Normans and may well extend back close to that of neighbouring Weobley which claims establishment in the very late 6th century.

We can only generalise about some of Dilwyn’s history, as being just a small village, there is not always a great deal of documentation available for some periods and subjects.

After about 2 miles turn left signed Weobley onto the B4230, driving past the former workhouse before turning left and then right by the Red Lion into the main street.

Watch out for the Weobley’s famous black and pink house on the way in!

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