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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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Wales on 22 June 1977, at the age of 51. "Thomas, Powys". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. "Actor Powys Thomas, 51, dies suddenly in Wales". Montreal Gazette...
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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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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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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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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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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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51.953°N 3.382°W / 51.953; -3.382 Coleg Powys was a further education establishment in the County of Powys, Mid Wales. It had main campuses at Brecon...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Betsan Powys (born 1965), is a Welsh journalist and former Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru. Powys was born in Cardiff. A native Welsh speaker...
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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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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 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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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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county of Powys. The town council of 13 councillors elects once a year a largely ceremonial mayor. Real municipal authority lies with Powys County Council...
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