Presteigne
Presteigne is a town and area in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic region of Radnorshire. In spite of pushing a minor B roadway the community has, in common with a number of other communities near to the Wales-England border, presumed the adage, "Gateway to Wales". The community rests on the south financial institution of the River Lugg, which forms the England-- Wales boundary as it passes the community-- the border efficiently twists around three sides of the community (north, eastern and south). Nearby towns are Kington to the south as well as Knighton to the north, as well as surrounding villages include Norton and Stapleton. The town drops within the Diocese of Hereford. The community possibly started as a tiny negotiation around a Minster church committed to St Andrew as well as at the time of the Domesday Book as well as created part of the manor of Humet. By the mid-12th century it was known as 'Presthemede' or 'the boundary meadow of the priests'. A century later, it passed into the control of the Mortimers, effective Marcher lords, and on their loss entered the hands of the Crown. At the end of the 13th century, most of the community's citizens, generally English, delighted in some prosperity but the Black Death and also the Glyndwr disobedience had actually destroyed this and also by the end of the 15th century, the now mostly Welsh, population lived in a battling village. A significant victory in their disobedience was won by the pressures of Owain Glyndwr close by at the Fight of Bryn Glas in 1402. The growth of a prospering towel market in the Tudor period brought short-term prosperity, ended by three brand-new epidemics of pester in 3 successive generations. Thereafter it became a market community and, till the later 16th century, a centre for handling locally expanded barley right into malt. By the Acts of Union, Presteigne - initially jointly with New Radnor - ended up being the county town of Radnorshire and also its management as well as judicial centre, housing the area gaol and also the Shire Hall. By the end of the 19th century its more recent and also larger neighbour, Llandrindod Wells, had appropriated the duty of management centre, however Presteigne continued to be the venue for the Assizes till these were abolished in 1971. After a period of torpidity in the first fifty percent of the 20th century, the community has established a varied manufacturing base as well as has started to exploit its tourist potential while its environment and the growth of its social, cultural and also recreation facilities have actually assisted to bring in people to clear up.
