Dolobran, in the county of Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Wales, is a historic estate which was the earliest known seat of the expansive Lloyd family, prominent Quakers, of which in the 18th century a junior branch, the Lloyd family of Birmingham, seated at Farm, Bordesley, became prominent in and around Birmingham as iron-founders and founded Lloyds Bank, today one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom. The grade II* listed[1] manor house known as Dolobran Hall about 8 miles north-west of the town of Welshpool, is situated in the parish of Meifod[a] to the west of the village of Meifod and to the east of the village of Pontrobert. One of the family historians, Humphrey Lloyd (1975), estimated the historic estate of Dolobran to have comprised about 1,000 acres.[2] In 2015 Dolobran Hall and its 70-acre estate are used for farming and industrial training by the J.M. Evans Partnership. John Meirion Evans (1926–2015) of Dolobran Hall by his wife Edith was father to Maurice, Keith and Robert.[3] In 2008 former farmer Rob Evans founded a company to train construction workers in the use of plant and machinery called "Training For The Future", based at "The Brick Barn Dolobran Hall".[4]
- ^ "Dolobran Hall - Llangyniew - Powys - Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved on 10 January 2017.
- ^ Lloyd, Humphrey, 1975, p.4
- ^ Obituary John Meirion Evans (1926-14 Sept.2015) of Dolobran Hall, published 18 September 2015 in the Shropshire Star [1]
- ^ "TFTF Home - Training for the Future". Retrieved on 10 January 2017.
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