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Tirabad is a village in Powys, Wales. The name means "the abbot's land"; the village belonged to Strata Florida abbey in the Middle Ages. The village is located on the edge of the Crychan Forest and is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Llanwrtyd Wells and 18 kilometres (10 mi) north of Llandovery. Many people had to leave the village during World War II as the military used the area for artillery training, but the village expanded substantially in the 1950s, when the Forestry Commission began tree plantations and built about 25 houses, a school, a village hall and a shop for their employees.
Map of Tirabad, Llangammarch Wells, UK
St. David's Church, built in 1726, is the only Georgian church in Breconshire. No services are currently held at the church due to structural problems with the building, although work is underway to enable it to be reopened.
Just outside the village is the Tirabad Centre, an outdoor pursuits centre run by the Tirabad Residential Educational Trust and owned jointly by three state schools in Berkshire, England - Charters in Sunningdale, The Emmbrook near Wokingham and Maiden Erlegh in Earley.