| LC control no. | n 82058899 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Montgomery (Wales) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Wales--Montgomery |
| Variant(s) | Montgomery, Wales Montgomery (Powys) Trefaldwyn (Wales) Town of Montgomery (Wales) |
| Associated country | Great Britain Wales |
| Associated place | Powys (Wales) Montgomeryshire (Wales) Welsh Borders (England and Wales) Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery (France) |
| Found in | BL hdg. (Montgomery (Wales)) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 52°35ʹ00ʺN 003°10ʹ00ʺW) GEOnet, 21 April 2020 (name: Montgomery (approved); geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: Powys (English, Welsh); latitude, longitude: DMS: 52° 35ʹ 00ʺ N, 003° 10ʹ 00ʺ W; DD: 52.583333 [N], -3.166667 [W]; feature designation: populated place) Montgomery website, 21 April 2020: welcome page (Montgomery; croeso i Drefaldwyn [consonant-mutated form of Trefaldwyn]) Our story (historic Border market town situated in Welsh Marches, the old county town of Montgomeryshire; in designated Outstanding Historic Landscape Area of the Vale of Montgomery; 1 mile from Welsh-Shropshire [England] border; town was granted Royal Charter in 1227) History & attractions (Town of Montgomery; takes its name from Roger de Montgomerie, Norman knight and supporter of King William I (the Conqueror), granted lands for his loyalty; he built a castle overlooking ford over Severn, named it after his home in northern France) <https://www.montgomery-wales.co.uk/> Welton, Ann. The story of Montgomery, 2003: title page (Montgomery) pages 2-9 (Roger de Montgomery was granted land in a large area of Welsh Marches, became Earl of Shrewsbury; built castle about 1 mile from present town, which he called after his native home, Montgomery in Normandy; source of name passed on to present town, which subsequently gave its title to county of which it was the shire town; in 1086, in Domesday Book, Montgomery, as an English castle, was included in Shropshire; Henry I passed castle to Balwin de Boulers, source of Welsh name, Trefaldwyn: Tre-Faldwyn means Baldwin's Town; new castle built; the planned new town of Montgomery was laid out below the new castle; royal charter granted to the town in 1227; by 18th and 19th centuries, Montgomery had become the county town of Montgomeryshire) Wikipedia, 21 April 2020 (Montgomery, Powys; Welsh: Trefaldwyn; town and community in Welsh Marches, administratively in Welsh county of Powys; the traditional county town of the historic county of Montgomeryshire; lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of English border; Montgomery Castle was started in 1223, parish church in 1227; Montgomery Town Council represents the community at the local level; coordinates: DMS: 52° 33ʹ 46.08ʺ N, 3° 8ʹ 57.48ʺ W; decimal: 52.5628 [N], -3.1493 [W]) <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montgomery,_Powys&oldid=949812275> Wikidata, 21 April 2020 (Montgomery (Q1311946); also known as: Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Montgomery, Powys, Trefaldwyn; description: county town of Montgomeryshire, Wales, UK; instance of: town, community; country: United Kingdom; located in the territorial administrative entity: Powys; coordinates: 52°33ʹ46ʺN, 3°8ʹ57ʺW; historic county: Montgomeryshire) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1311946> |
| Geographic area code | e-uk-wl |
| Associated language | eng wel |
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