{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = | official_name = Bleddfa | static_image = | coordinates = {{coord|52.307009|-3.163158|display=inline,title}} | cardiff_distance_mi = 57 | cardiff_distance_km = 92 | london_distance_mi = 141 | london_distance_km = 226 | unitary_wales = Powys | community_wales = Llangunllo | constituency_welsh_assembly = Brecon and Radnorshire | constituency_westminster = Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe | post_town = KNIGHTON | postcode_district = LD7 | postcode_area = LD | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SO 2079 6829 | population = }} thumb|280px|Bleddfa school children; July 1911. '''Bleddfa''' is a village which lies on the road from Knighton to Penybont and is located in the community of Llangunllo, Powys, Wales. It is {{Convert | 5 | mi | 0}} from Knighton.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} Until 1983 Bleddfa was a community itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radnorshire East Registration District |url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/radnorshire%20east.html |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=www.ukbmd.org.uk}}</ref>
Two hillforts dating to around 200 BC guard the village: Clog Hill above the village, and Llysin Hill to the west.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linehan |first=C.D. |date=2013 |title=Some Notes on Bleddfa on the Occasion of the Reopening of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, By the Lord Bishop of Swansea & Brecon, The Rt. Rev. J.J.A. Thomas, at 6.30 p.m. on 21st July 1962 |url=http://www.thebeaconbenefice.org.uk/info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Bleddfa-notes1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408214437/http://www.thebeaconbenefice.org.uk/info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Bleddfa-notes1.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-08}}</ref>
St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bleddfa dates from the 13th century. In the 19th century part of the building was used as a schoolroom. It is a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{Cadw|num=9122|desc=Church of St Mary Magdalene|grade=I|access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref>
In 1766, the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose ideas were instrumental in underpinning the French Revolution, was offered lodgings in a 16th-century grange house called 'Monaughty' which was near Bleddfa. He was so enamoured by Wales during his stay that he hoped Wales would be his final resting place (though he eventually died in Ermenonville, France).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=John |date=2020 |title=What exactly is folk song? |url=https://www.cymmrodorion.org/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/2020/08/WHAT-EXACTLY-IS-FOLK-SONG-wuc09l.pdf |page=133}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Jean-Jacques Rousseau {{!}} Biography, Education, Philosophy, Achievements, Beliefs, Social Contract, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208220922/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau |archive-date=2026-02-08 |access-date=2026-03-18 |work=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of localities in Wales by population
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