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Montgomeryshire
Also known as: Sir Drefaldwyn
Montgomeryshire in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Montgomeryshire is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn 'the shire of Baldwin's town', or simply Maldwyn) was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolition in 1974, later becoming a district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It was named after its county town, Montgomery, which in turn was named after one of William the Conqueror's main counsellors, Roger de Montgomerie, who was the 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. The area of what was Montgomeryshire, now constitutes the northern part of the county of Powys. The current area was 2,174 square km (839 square miles). The largest town was Newtown, followed by Welshpool and Llanidloes.
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Background
History
s]] The Treaty of Montgomery was signed on 29 September 1267, in the town of Montgomery, which had recently been established as an English incursion on the Welsh side of the border, to control a strategic border crossing. The surrounding region (on the Welsh side of the border) otherwise comprised the mediaeval principality of Powys Wenwynwyn, the southern of the two states into which the Kingdom of Powys had been divided a century before. Attacks by Gwynedd on Powys Wenwynwyn led the latter to seek the assistance of the English. Ultimately this led them to convert their territory into a marcher lordship, via surrender and regrant, as a way to strengthen their position; the ruling princes…
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- Coordinates
- 52.5833, -3.5000
- Established
- 1535
Sources
- wikidata: Q38825 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Montgomeryshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Montgomeryshire?
- Montgomeryshire is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.5833°, -3.5000°.
- When was Montgomeryshire built?
- Montgomeryshire dates to 1535.