Bacheldre

A discussion of historic buildings in the area around Bachelldre is given in the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust – Projects - Historic Landscapes – The Vale of Montgomery – Architectural Landscapes ( CPAT ) . Peter Smith's “Houses of the Welsh Countryside” (The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales) includes both Bachelldre Farm and Bachelldre Hall, the latter dated 1615. Iorwerth C. Peate's “The Welsh House” includes an illustration of Bachelldre Hall, a half-timbered 'Elizabethan style’ house, from a woodcut by R.A. Maynard, (Figure 53).

George Mountford, in his article “Churchstoke and its Townships”, describes Bacheldre township as an area made up of woods, farmland and dwellings, and accounts for its cwms (dingles or valleys) and streams, the land rising towards the southern boundary. He writes “Between Offa’s Dyke on the one hand and Pentrenant on the other stretch 1,000 acres (4 km²) of first-rate agricultural land, divided up into well-known farms as Pentrenant, The Lake, Crow Wood, Bacheldre Hall and Bacheldre Farm”. In his paper, he includes a map of the township boundaries. This is also a map of Churchstoke parish in an article entitled “The Perambulation of the boundaries of Churchstoke Parish”.