Llynclys

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Llynclys (Template:IPAc-en,[1] Script error: No such module "IPA".)) is a small village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Llanyblodwel. It lies north of Pant at the crossroads of the A483 and B4396, where there are several houses and a pub, the White Lion.

Etymology

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Countryside

Much of the area around Llynclys Hill to the west is common land; there are a number of cottages and smallholdings probably built by workers in the area's lead mines and limestone quarries.[3] Llynclys Common, from which there are fine views, is home to eight varieties of orchid and the brown argus butterfly.[3]

Railways

Llynclys was formerly on the Cambrian Railways line from Template:Stnlnk to Template:Stnlnk. The Cambrian Heritage Railways are now re-building sections of the line as a heritage railway. Template:Stnlnk railway station is in operation, whilst the original Template:Stnlnk station remains unused of 2010.

Plane Crash

On the 30 October 1941 a Royal Air Force, Handley Page Hampden Mk I (P1294) crashed near the White Lion pub while on a training flight in bad weather, all four crew died[4]

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