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See the list of places in Powys for all towns and villages in Powys. Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire, and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,196 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area. It is bounded to the north by Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Wrexham; to the west by Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire; to the east by Shropshire and Herefordshire; and to the south by Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and Neath Port Talbot. Most of Powys is...more »
- Powys, John Cowper
Powys, John Cowper, 1872–1963, British author and lecturer. In addition to his widely admired novels Wolf Solent (1929), and A Glastonbury Romance (1932), Powys also wrote poetry and lectured ...
- Breconshire
Breconshire or Brecknockshire, former county, S Wales. In 1974, Breconshire was divided between Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and Powys.
- Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire, former county, central Wales. In 1974, Montgomeryshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Powys.
- Radnorshire
Radnorshire, former county, E Wales. In 1974, Radnorshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Powys.
- Clwyd, former county, Wales
Clwyd, former county, N Wales, created in 1974 from Flintshire and parts of Denbighshire and Merionethshire. It was dissolved in 1996 and divided among the unitary authorities of Flintshire, D...
- Montgomery, town, Wales
Montgomery, town (1981 pop. 1,036), Powys, E Wales. Montgomery is locally important as a sheep and cattle market. Nearby Offa's Dyke is very well preserved.
- Presteigne
Presteigne, town (1991 est. pop. 1,780), Powys, E Wales, on the Lugg River where it forms the border with England. Tourism is important. A 17th-century bridge spans the Lugg.
- Brecon
Brecon or Brecknock, town (1981 pop. 7,422), Powys, S Wales, at the junction of the Honddu and Usk rivers. It is a market for the surrounding agricultural and cattle-raising area. Brecon was f...
- Owen Glendower
Owen Glendower, Welsh Owain Glyndwr, 1359?–1416?, Welsh national leader. A scion of the princes of Powys, he was also claimant through his mother to the lands of Rhys ap Gruffydd; he was thus ...
- Wood, Anthony
Wood or à Wood, Anthony, 1632–95, English antiquary. His painstaking researches into the history of Oxford resulted in two great works, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford ...
