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Human settlement in Wales

Beguildy Welsh: Bugeildy Beguildy Church Beguildy Location within Powys Population 723 (2011)[1] OS grid reference SO194797 Community Beguildy Principal area Powys Preserved county Powys Country Wales Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town KNIGHTON Postcode district LD7 Dialling code 01547 Police Dyfed-Powys Fire Mid and West Wales Ambulance Welsh UK Parliament Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe[2] List of places UK Wales Powys 52°24′32″N 3°11′02″W / 52.409°N 3.184°W / 52.409; -3.184 Community map Map of the community

**Beguildy** ([Welsh](/source/Welsh_language): *Bugeildy*) is a village and [community](/source/Community_(Wales)) in [Powys](/source/Powys), Wales. In 2011 the community had a population of 723.

It lies in a remote tract of countryside, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of [Knighton](/source/Knighton%2C_Powys), on the [B4355 road](/source/B4355_road) to [Newtown](/source/Newtown%2C_Powys), near the [headwaters](/source/Source_(river_or_stream)) of the [River Teme](/source/River_Teme), at an [elevation](/source/Elevation) of 254 metres (833 ft).

The village has a [pub](/source/Pub), the Radnorshire Arms, a post office, and a place of worship. Beguildy Church in Wales Primary School closed in 2013.[3]

## Toponymy

Beguildy is an anglicization of Bugeildy, which means *shepherd-house* in Welsh, from *bugail* for shepherd and *tŷ* for house.

## Community

The large, rural community of Beguildy includes the settlements of Beguildy, [Felindre](/source/Felindre%2C_Beguildy), Dutlas, Lloyney, Heyope and [Knucklas](/source/Knucklas).[4] It falls in the [historic county](/source/Historic_counties_of_Wales) of [Radnorshire](/source/Radnorshire). An [electoral ward](/source/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom) in the same name exists. At the 2011 Census this ward had a population of 1,411.[5]

## Castle

Beguildy Castle is a [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) [motte-and-bailey](/source/Motte-and-bailey) castle of which the well preserved 20 foot high motte and earthworks remain. The village and the castle lie on [the border](/source/Wales-England_border) between [England](/source/England) and [Wales](/source/Wales).

## Church

Medieval screen in Beguildy Church

The church, which is mainly 14th century, was restored considerably in the 19th century, with the [chancel](/source/Chancel) being rebuilt in 1885 and the [nave](/source/Nave) restored in 1896 (to the design by [William Radford Bryden](/source/William_Radford_Bryden)).[6][7] The original tower collapsed in the 19th century and bells, which date from 1661 and 1664, were re-hung in their present position in 1936.

The church features a 14th-century [octagonal](/source/Octagon) [font](/source/Baptismal_font) (which reputed to carry marks made by [Cromwell's](/source/Oliver_Cromwell) troops sharpening their swords), a holy water [stoup](/source/Stoup) at the south door and a priests door in the south wall. The [rood screen](/source/Rood_screen) is a fine example of 15th century workmanship and is well preserved, bearing the original coloured [Tudor roses](/source/Tudor_rose). Probably from the same period are two oak benches. The dug out parish chest, which was reputedly hewn out of a solid block of timber, is an ancient [churchwarden](/source/Churchwarden)'s chest and probably dates form the 13th century. At the end of the chest is an iron ring for use when it was drawn by a horse to be buried or hidden in times of trouble. One part of the chest would have held the church valuables and the other the churchwarden's treasures. Each compartment was locked separately. The church is well endowed with 20th-century [stained glass](/source/Stained_glass) windows. In the porch there are two sculpted heads. They were sculpted as a representative of the vicar when the Church was renovated by a stonemason called James Wear(1837–1913)

## Associations

[John Dee](/source/John_Dee) has probably been incorrectly associated with Beguildy.[8] He served at the [court](/source/Court_(royal)) of [Elizabeth I](/source/Elizabeth_I) as the [royal tutor](/source/Tutor) in [mathematics](/source/Mathematics). He later became the Queen's [Ambassador](/source/Ambassador) to [Poland](/source/Poland) but is remembered as a distinguished early scientist and astronomer. He was reputedly a descendant of [Rhodri Mawr](/source/Rhodri_Mawr), King of Wales.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Community population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120565&c=LD7+1PF&d=16&e=62&g=6490922&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1447084658406&enc=1). Retrieved 9 November 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Location of Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe"](https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4500/location). *parliament.uk*. July 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Beguildy primary school closure goes ahead"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-21673884). *BBC News*. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ordnance Survey Election Maps"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080307072911/http://www.election-maps.co.uk/). Archived from [the original](http://www.election-maps.co.uk/) on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Ward population 2011"](http://www.ukcensusdata.com/beguildy-w05000286#sthash.UvnWLtzs.dpbs). Retrieved 9 November 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Scourfield R and Haslam R, (2013) *Buildings of Wales: Powys; Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire*, 2nd edition, Yale University Press, p. 287-8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["1895 – Saint Michael's Church, Beguildy, Wales"](https://archiseek.com/2009/1895-saint-michaels-church-beguildy-wales/). *Archiseek - Irish Architecture*. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["John Dee"](https://biography.wales/article/s-DEE0-JOH-1527). *[Dictionary of Welsh Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Welsh_Biography)*. [National Library of Wales](/source/National_Library_of_Wales).

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