Presteigne is a community and area in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic region of Radnorshire. Regardless of pushing a minor B roadway the community has, alike with several other towns close to the Wales-England boundary, assumed the motto, "Gateway to Wales". The community remains on the south bank of the River Lugg, which forms the England-- Wales boundary as it passes the town-- the border successfully wraps around three sides of the community (north, eastern and south). Neighboring towns are Kington to the south as well as Knighton to the north, and also surrounding towns include Norton and Stapleton. The town drops within the Diocese of Hereford. The community probably started as a little negotiation around a Minster church dedicated to St Andrew as well as at the time of the Domesday Book and developed 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 entered the hands of the Crown. At the end of the 13th century, the majority of the community's residents, mostly English, appreciated some prosperity but the Black Death as well as the Glyndwr rebellion had ruined this and also by the end of the 15th century, the now greatly Welsh, population stayed in a having a hard time town. A substantial triumph in their disobedience was won by the forces of Owain Glyndwr close by at the Fight of Bryn Glas in 1402. The development of a growing cloth industry in the Tudor period brought temporary success, ended by three new upsurges of plague in three succeeding generations. Thereafter it became a market town and also, up until the later 16th century, a centre for handling in your area grown barley right into malt. By the Acts of Union, Presteigne - at first jointly with New Radnor - came to be the county town of Radnorshire as well as its administrative as well as judicial centre, housing the region gaol and the Shire Hall. By the end of the 19th century its newer and also larger neighbour, Llandrindod Wells, had actually laid hold of the duty of administrative centre, but Presteigne continued to be the place for the Assizes until these were eliminated in 1971. After a duration of stagnation in the first fifty percent of the 20th century, the community has actually established a varied manufacturing base and also has actually started to exploit its tourism capacity while its setting and also the advancement of its social, social and also recreation facilities have actually aided to draw in people to settle.