Editing Llansantffraed (section)

==Church and churchyard==
The church of [[Brigid of Kildare|St Ffraed]] is a [[Grade II]] [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHAW|num=21144|desc= Church of St Ffraed| grade=II|access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> It was largely restored in 1690 and was completely rebuilt in 1885 by the architect [[Stephen W. Williams]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://powysenc.weebly.com/llanigon---llansantffraed.html|title=Llanigon – Llansantffraed|website=Powys Local History Encyclopedia|access-date = 28 April 2016}}</ref>

The parish is the burial place of the poet [[Henry Vaughan]] (1621–1695), who was born in the hamlet of [[Scethrog]] within the parish. Vaughan's grave in the churchyard, on the slopes of a hill known as [[Allt yr Esgair]] or simply The Allt,<ref name="Williamson1953">{{cite book|author=Edward W. Williamson|title=Henry Vaughan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7GhKAAAAMAAJ|year=1953}}</ref> overlooks the [[River Usk]]. The poets [[Siegfried Sassoon]], [[Roland Mathias]], [[Brian Morris, Baron Morris of Castle Morris|Brian Morris]] and [[Anne Cluysenaar]] were all inspired to write poems by their visits to the grave. Sassoon's "At the Grave of Henry Vaughan" is the best-known of these and is read every year at the graveside following the Vaughan memorial service.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.brecknocksociety.co.uk/henry-vaughan.html|title= Henry Vaughan, Poet and Physician: Grave and heritage at Llansantffraed, Brecknockshire|publisher= Brecknock Society and Museum Friends|access-date = 28 April 2016}}</ref>

Another grave of note in the churchyard is a Grade II listed tomb erected for the Gwynne-Holford family, residents of nearby [[Buckland Hall]] (see below).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/brecon/16886.htm|title=Brecknockshire Churches Survey|website=Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust|access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref> The family included [[James Gwynne-Holford]], Conservative [[member of parliament]] for [[Brecon (UK Parliament constituency)|Brecon]] (died 1886).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-21143-gwynne-holford-monument-in-the-churchyard#.V_EpbPArKM8|title=Gwynne Holford Monument in the churchyard to SW of Church of St Ffraed, Talybont-on-Usk|website=British Listed Buildings|access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref>

Vaughan's twin brother, [[Thomas Vaughan (philosopher)|Thomas Vaughan]], became [[rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of Llansantffraed in about 1644.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.davidgill.co.uk/cg/landlit/llansantffraed.html|title= Landscape and Literature|publisher= David Gill|access-date = 28 April 2016}}</ref>  He was forced to vacate the position in 1650, on grounds that included his having been on the [[Cavalier|Royalist]] side during the [[English Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Siberry|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Wilcher|first2=Robert|title=Henry Vaughan and the Usk Valley|publisher=Logaston Press|date=2016|ISBN=9781910839027|page=30}}</ref>