Difference between revisions of "Montgomeryshire"

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'''General'''  
 
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*[http://www.curiousfox.com/history_Wales/montgomeryshire.lasso Curios Fox.links to other researching for ancestors in Montgomeryshire]
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*[http://www.curiousfox.com/history_Wales/montgomeryshire.lasso Curious Fox links to other researching for ancestors in Montgomeryshire]
  
  
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'''Archives'''
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyMontgomery.htm#PageTitle IGI Montgomeryshire]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyMontgomery.htm#PageTitle IGI Montgomeryshire]
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*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/counties/WAL/montgomeryshire.htm Institutions in Montgomeryshire]
 
*[http://www.institutions.org.uk/counties/WAL/montgomeryshire.htm Institutions in Montgomeryshire]
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'''Family and Social History'''
 
'''Family and Social History'''
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*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/pow/page11.html Powys Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.genfair.com/shop/pages/pow/page11.html Powys Family History Society]
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'''Maps and Photographs'''
 
'''Maps and Photographs'''
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*[http://www.oldukphotos.com/montgomeryshire.htm Old Photos of Montgomeryshire]
 
*[http://www.oldukphotos.com/montgomeryshire.htm Old Photos of Montgomeryshire]
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'''Countywide Interest'''
 
'''Countywide Interest'''
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*[http://www.welshpedia.co.uk/wiki/wales/index.php?title=Pigots_Directory_of_South_Wales_1835 Montgomeryshire general history]
 
*[http://www.welshpedia.co.uk/wiki/wales/index.php?title=Pigots_Directory_of_South_Wales_1835 Montgomeryshire general history]
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'''Specific Town/Village Interest'''
 
'''Specific Town/Village Interest'''
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*[http://history.powys.org.uk/history/mach/machmenu.html local history of Machynlleth and the Dovey valley]
 
*[http://history.powys.org.uk/history/mach/machmenu.html local history of Machynlleth and the Dovey valley]

Revision as of 16:51, 27 June 2007

Green and pleasant land, submitted by Guinevere
Wikipedia Image: Montgomeryshire Historic County


Inland county in Mid Wales.

Towns: Montgomery Newtown Welshpool

Industry: Agriculture, slate mining, woollen and flannel goods

The area is almost wholly mountainous, although there are some fertile valleys in the east.

The highest point is Cadair Berwyn.

Its main rivers are the River Severn and the River Dyfi.

Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir supplying Liverpool.








Register Offices

Powys - Machynlleth District
11 Penrallt Street,
Machynlleth,
SY20 8AG.
Tel:01654 702335 or 702336
On-line indexes - NorthWalesBMD

Powys - Newtown District
Room 4,
Council Offices,
The Park,
Newtown,
SY16 2NZ
Tel:01686 627862
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Welshpool Register Office,
Neuadd Maldwyn,
Severn Road,
Welshpool,
Powys.
SY21 7AS

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