the county. The county motto is: Powys – the paradise of Wales (Welsh: Powys Paradwys Cymru). On 1 April 1974, Powys was created under the Local Government...
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Welsh literature as "the Paradise of Powys" (an epithet retained in Welsh for the modern UK county). The name Powys is thought to derive from Latin pagus...
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Powys is a county in Wales. Powys may also refer to: Kingdom of Powys, a medieval kingdom in what is now Wales and England Powys (surname) Powys Thomas...
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Powys, is a Welsh surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Powys (1881–1936), British architect and Secretary of the Society for the Protection...
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Dyfed-Powys Police (Welsh: Heddlu Dyfed-Powys; DPP) is the territorial police force in Wales policing Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (which...
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Llewelyn Powys (13 August 1884 – 2 December 1939) was a British essayist, novelist and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys. Powys was born...
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Charles Powys was vicar for thirty-two years. John Cowper Powys's two younger brothers Llewelyn Powys (1884–1939) and Theodore Francis Powys were well-known...
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Thomas Powys may refer to: Thomas Powys (judge) (1649–1719), MP and Attorney General to King James II Thomas Powys (priest) (1747–1809), Anglican clergyman...
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Works by Edward Powys Mathers at Project Gutenberg Works by Edward Powys Mathers at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by Edward Powys Mathers at Faded...
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List of rulers in Wales (redirect from Kings of Powys)
Ceredigion Maelgwn Fychan. Mechain, Powys. Owain Fychan (d. 1187) of Mechain, son of Prince Madog ap Maerdudd from Powys Owain Fychan (d. 1245) Llywelyn Fychan...
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Newtown (Welsh: Y Drenewydd) is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic...
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Theodore Francis Powys (20 December 1875 – 27 November 1953) – published as T. F. Powys – was a British novelist and short-story writer. He is best remembered...
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Powys Wenwynwyn or Powys Cyfeiliog was a Welsh kingdom which existed during the high Middle Ages. The realm was the southern portion of the former princely...
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Powys Fadog (English: Lower Powys or literally Madog's Powys) was the northern portion of the former princely realm of Powys. The princes of Powys Fadog...
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Cambridge University and made his first-class debut in 1830. Powys was a grandson of Thomas Powys, 1st Baron Lilford. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge...
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John Powys may refer to: John Cowper Powys, English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet John Powys, 5th Baron Lilford, British peer and cricketer...
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proposals - County of Powys, Powys County Council, 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-29. "County Council Elections 2022 - Montgomeryshire". Powys Council. Retrieved...
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Heartsease (disambiguation) (redirect from Heartsease, Powys)
Knighton, a small settlement in east Powys, Wales Heartsease, Llanddewi Ystradenni, a small settlement in central Powys, Wales Heartsease Estate, Norwich...
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the northern part was called Powys Fadog after Madog ap Gruffydd "Maelor" ap Madog. List of rulers of Wales Powys Fadog Powys Wenwynwyn Mechain Edeirnion...
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Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Lilford (18 March 1833 – 17 June 1896), was a British aristocrat and ornithologist. Lilford was the eldest son of Thomas Powys, 3rd...
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Powys County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Powys) is the local authority for Powys, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council is based at County...
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Baron Grey of Powis (redirect from Baron Grey of Powys)
both Joan and Joyce claimed the title of Powys. John Tiptoft, Joyce's son, was called baron Tiptoft and Powys in his creation to be Earl of Worcester....
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Sir Littleton Powys FRS (1647?– 16 March 1732) was a Justice of the King's Bench. He was the eldest son of Thomas Powys of Henley Hall in Shropshire,...
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Baron Lilford (redirect from Mark Powys, 8th Baron Lilford)
great-great-grandson of Robert Vernon Powys, second son of the second Baron. As of 2010[update], the title is held by his only son Mark Powys, the eighth Baron, who...
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Powys (17 October 1842 – 8 October 1875) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Canterbury from 1863 to 1868. Powys was...
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2003. "The Neath Port Talbot and Powys (Cwmtwrch) Order 2004". 13 October 2004. "The Preserved Counties of Powys and Mid Glamorgan (Changes in Area)...
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Llandrindod Wells (redirect from Llandrindod Wells, Powys)
town and community in Powys, Wales. It serves as the seat of Powys County Council, and is therefore the administrative centre of Powys. The town was historically...
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Powys Archives (Welsh: Archifau Powys) is the official archive repository for the county of Powys. Located in Llandrindod Wells,[citation needed] the...
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region of 8,800, making Dinas Powys the fifth largest settlement in the Vale of Glamorgan.[citation needed] The Dinas Powys area has been populated since...
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Kinnerton is a village in Powys (historically in Radnorshire), Wales. Kinnerton first appears in records as Kynardton in 1304, meaning "Cyneheard's farm...
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