Presteigne is a town as well as community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic area of Radnorshire. In spite of lying on a minor B roadway the community has, alike with a number of various other towns near the Wales-England boundary, presumed the slogan, "Gateway to Wales". The town remains on the south financial institution of the River Lugg, which creates the England-- Wales border as it passes the town-- the border properly twists around 3 sides of the town (north, eastern and south). Neighboring towns are Kington to the south as well as Knighton to the north, as well as bordering villages consist of Norton and Stapleton. The town drops within the Diocese of Hereford. The town possibly began as a tiny settlement around a Minster church dedicated to St Andrew and also at the time of the Domesday Book as well as formed part of the estate of Humet. By the mid-12th century it was called 'Presthemede' or 'the boundary field of the priests'. A century later on, it passed into the control of the Mortimers, effective Marcher lords, as well as on their autumn passed into the hands of the Crown. At the end of the 13th century, the majority of the community's residents, mostly English, delighted in some success however the Black Death as well as the Glyndwr disobedience had destroyed this and by the end of the 15th century, the now largely Welsh, population stayed in a struggling town. A considerable victory in their disobedience was won by the forces of Owain Glyndwr nearby at the Fight of Bryn Glas in 1402. The development of a flourishing cloth market in the Tudor period brought short-lived success, ended by 3 brand-new upsurges of pester in three succeeding generations. Afterwards it became a market community as well as, up until the later 16th century, a centre for handling locally grown barley into malt. By the Acts of Union, Presteigne - at first collectively with New Radnor - ended up being the county town of Radnorshire and also its management and also judicial centre, real estate the county gaol and the Shire Hall. By the end of the 19th century its more recent and also bigger neighbor, Llandrindod Wells, had actually taken over the duty of administrative centre, however Presteigne continued to be the venue for the Assizes until these were eliminated in 1971. After a duration of stagnancy in the very first half of the 20th century, the town has actually established a varied manufacturing base and has started to manipulate its tourist capacity while its atmosphere as well as the growth of its social, social and recreation facilities have actually helped to bring in people to settle.