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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Radnor, New, ancient bor. and par. with ry. sta., Radnorshire, on river Somergill, 6 miles NW. of Kington and 60 miles NW. of Bristol, 3401 ac., pop. 472; P. O. New Radnor is pleasantly situated at the entrance of the pass from the Forest of Radnor to the Vale of Radnor, and has some slight remains of castle and walls destroyed by Owen Glyndwr in 1401. It has charters granted by Queen Elizabeth and George II. The Radnor District of Parliamentary Boroughs (Cefnllys, Knighton, Knucklas, New Radnor, Presteigne, and Rhayader) returned 1 member until 1885.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ancient borough and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | New Radnor CP/AP Radnor Borough Radnorshire AncC |
| Place names: | NEW RADNOR | RADNOR | RADNOR NEW |
| Place: | New Radnor |
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