Radnorshire: A Historical Guide 0863812848
[rear cover blurb] Radnorshire in many respects is Wales in microcosm, hilly, wild, beautiful and small; it has prehisto
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Table of contents :
Radnorshire: A Historical Guide
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Acknowledgements
CONTENTS
Foreword
List of Maps and Illustrations
I. BEFORE 1066
a. In prehistoric times
b. Roman occupation
c. The spread of Christianity
d. Offa’s Dyke
II. 1066 - 1536
A. The enemy at the gate
a. The occupation of the Marches
b. Norman castles
c. Norman towns
d. The Christian church in Norman times
e. Notes and Illustrations
i. Motte and bailey
ii. St Michael
iii. Cascob
B. Developments in the 12th and 13th centuries
a. Giraldus Cambrensis in Radnorshire
b. Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
c. Notes and Illustrations
i. The siege of Llanbadarn Fawr church
ii. Glascwm’s magic bell
C. Towards Union with England?
a. Owain Glyndŵr in Radnorshire
b. The Tudor advance
III. AFTER 1536
1. The Drovers’ Roads
2. 17th century; local impact of Civil War and the Commonwealth
3. The rise of Nonconformity
4. Notes and Illustrations
a. Charles I in Radnorshire
b. Baptist burial ground at Glascwm
c. Methodism at Devanna
d. Social gatherings in church and churchyard
e. Three 19th century vicars
IV. THE TOWNS OF RADNORSHIRE
1. Rhayader
2. Knighton
3. Presteigne
4. Llandrindod
Index of Radnorshire Places
Author's other books
Rear Cover
