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Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn) is an inland traditional county of Wales. one of the traditional counties of Wales File links The following pages link to this file: Montgomeryshire Categories: GFDL images ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... The British Isles are divided into the following traditional counties (also vice counties or historic counties). ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...

The area is almost wholly mountainous, although there are some fertile valleys on the Shropshire side. The highest point is Mole Sych (2,713 ft). Its main rivers are the River Severn and the River Dovey. Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir supplying Liverpool. The main towns are Llanfyllin, Machynlleth, Montgomery, Newtown and Welshpool. The main industries are agriculture (mainly hill farming) and tourism. This article is about the British river. ... Lake Vyrnwy is a Victorian reservoir in North Wales built in the 1880s by the Corporation of Liverpool, by flooding the valley and village of Llanwddyn in Montgomeryshire, the village having been relocated. ... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Llanfyllin is a small town in Powys, traditional county of Montgomeryshire, mid Wales, lying on the River Cain by the Berwyn Mountains. ... Machynlleth is a town in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire, north Powys in Wales. ... Montgomery is, according to placesnamed. ... Newtown is the name of several places in the United Kingdom: Newtown, Hampshire Newtown, Isle of Wight Newtown, Powys Newtown Ho Newtown Linford Newtown is the name of several places in the United States of America: Newtown, Connecticut Newtown, Indiana Newtown, Missouri Newtown, New York Newtown, Ohio Newtown, Bucks County... Welshpool (Welsh: Y Trallwng) is a town in Powys, traditional county of Montgomeryshire, in western-mid Wales, less than 10 km from the border with England. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

The area is now administered as part of Powys. Powys is an administrative county in Wales, over 2000 sq. ...

Places of special interest:

Bryn Tail Lead Mine Buildings
Centre for Alternative Technology
Dolforwyn Castle
Montgomery Castle
Powis Castle, Welshpool
Trefeglwys Tumuli

Categories: Traditional counties of Wales | Montgomeryshire The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is an ecovillage in Wales dedicated to teaching environmentalist principles. ... Powis Castle is located in the county of Powys, Wales, near the town of Welshpool. ...

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Quakers of Wales (6166 words)
	Montgomeryshires loss proved to be Pennsylvanias gain, for Lloyd became one of the patrician pillars of the Quaker community in Philadelphia, serving as President of the Provincial Council in 1684 and Deputy-Governor for the Proprietor until 1693.
	Recent research into the nature of society in Montgomeryshire in the late Stuart period has revealed that the median value of the wealth of a sample of eighty yeomen was £85 per annum.
	Although the followers of George Fox in Montgomeryshire bound themselves together in sweet fellowship and dreamed of spreading their ideology among all social groups, their hopes were thwarted at every turn.

Montgomeryshire, WalesGenWeb Project (622 words)
	Montgomeryshire, Welsh Sir Drefaldwyn, historic county of north-central Wales, along the English border.
	Montgomeryshire is an area of wooded hills and valleys encircled by higher mountains, including Long Mountain in the east, Clifaesty Hill in the south, Plynlimon in the west, and the Berwyn mountains in the north.
	The area was under the rule of the marcher lordships (local rulers in Wales who were partly independent of the English crown) until 1536, when King Henry VIII created the county of Montgomeryshire and thus brought the area fully under the administration of the crown.

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