Presteigne is a town and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historical area of Radnorshire. Despite lying on a minor B roadway the town has, alike with numerous various other communities near the Wales-England boundary, thought the motto, "Gateway to Wales". The town rests on the south bank of the River Lugg, which forms the England-- Wales boundary as it passes the community-- the border properly twists around 3 sides of the town (north, eastern and also south). Neighboring towns are Kington to the south and Knighton to the north, and also bordering villages include Norton as well as Stapleton. The community falls within the Diocese of Hereford. The community probably began as a little negotiation around a Minster church dedicated to St Andrew and at the time of the Domesday Book and also formed part of the estate of Humet. By the mid-12th century it was called 'Presthemede' or 'the border meadow of the clergymans'. A century later, it passed into the control of the Mortimers, effective Marcher lords, and also on their loss entered the hands of the Crown. At the end of the 13th century, the majority of the community's citizens, primarily English, enjoyed some success however the Black Death and the Glyndwr disobedience had ruined this as well as by the end of the 15th century, the now greatly Welsh, population lived in a having a hard time town. A considerable triumph in their disobedience was won by the forces of Owain Glyndwr close by at the Battle of Bryn Glas in 1402. The development of a thriving fabric industry in the Tudor duration brought brief success, finished by 3 brand-new epidemics of pester in 3 successive generations. Afterwards it came to be a market town and, until the later 16th century, a centre for processing in your area grown barley into malt. By the Acts of Union, Presteigne - initially jointly with New Radnor - became the county town of Radnorshire as well as its administrative and judicial centre, housing the county gaol as well as the Shire Hall. By the end of the 19th century its more recent as well as larger neighbour, Llandrindod Wells, had actually laid hold of the role of administrative centre, but Presteigne stayed the location for the Assizes until these were eliminated in 1971. After a duration of torpidity in the very first fifty percent of the 20th century, the town has created a diverse production base and also has started to exploit its tourism capacity while its environment and the growth of its social, social and leisure facilities have actually aided to bring in individuals to resolve.