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Tag Archives: Powys
Chirk
CHIRK Marcher lordship in northeastern Wales. Chirk Castle stands above the River Ceiriog, a tributary of the Dee. Chirk is an anglicised form of the name of the river, which acts as the border between England and Wales. In the … Continue reading
Posted in England, Wales
Tagged Chirk, Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, Oswestry, Powys, Powys Fadog, River Ceiriog
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Cedewain
CEDEWAIN Or, Cydewain. Commote in eastern Wales, west of Montgomery, in the upper Severn valley. It lay on the southern fringes of Powys, which tried to dominate it, but it also attracted the attention of the powerful Kingdom of Deheubarth … Continue reading
Caereinion
CAEREINION Commote (small district) in the medieval Principality of South Powys in eastern Wales. It was crossed by the River Banw, a tributary of the Vrynwy, the river which formed its northern border. From 1536 it was part of northern … Continue reading
Bromfield & Yale
BROMFIELD & YALE Marcher lordship in northeastern Wales, which included Wrexham. It was formed in 1282 from the north of the Welsh principality of Powys Fadog (North Powys). Its lands had belonged to the old cantref of Maelor; the western … Continue reading
Breconshire
BRECONSHIRE Brecknockshire; Sir Frycheiniog. Welsh county formed in 1536 from the Marcher lordships of Builth in the north, Hay in the east, Blaenllyfni in the southeast, and Brecon. On its abolition in 1975, most of the county became the district … Continue reading
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Tagged Blaenllyfni Castle, Brecknockshire, Brecon, Brecon Beacon, Breconshire, Mid-Glamorgan, Powys
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Brecknock
BRECKNOCK An old alternative name for the town of Brecon, closer to the Welsh original of Brycheiniog; likewise BRECKNOCKSHIRE for Breconshire. With the changes in Welsh local government in 1975, Brecknock became the name of a district (abolished in 1996) … Continue reading
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Tagged Brecon, Brecon Beacon, Breconshire, Brycheiniog, Maen Llia, Powys
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Arwystli
ARWYSTLI Cantref in central Wales, containing the source and upper reaches of the Severn, and part of the upper reaches of the Wye. It lay on the southern borders of the principality of Powys, but, as a buffer territory, it … Continue reading
Posted in Wales
Tagged Arwystli, Cantref, Gwynedd, Montgomeryshire, Powys, Severn, Wye
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