Presteigne, Powys - Radnorshire Arms- Kingsley postcard c.1970s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The Radnorshire Arms (1616), Presteigne, Powys [formerly Radnorshire]
• Publisher:  Kingsley, Leicester
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  7p maroon Machin
• Postmark(s):  Knighton, Powys 4 Oct 1978 postcode slogan
• Sent to:  Stroud, Petersfield, Hants.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Presteigne (Welsh: Llanandras; the church of St. Andrew) is a town and community in Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic county of Radnorshire. Despite lying on a minor B road the town has, in common with several other towns close to the Wales-England border, assumed the motto, ""Gateway to Wales"".

The town sits on the south bank of the River Lugg, which forms the England–Wales border as it passes the town — the border effectively wraps around three sides of the town (north, east and south). Nearby towns are Kington to the south and Knighton to the north, and surrounding villages include Norton and Stapleton. The town falls within the Diocese of Hereford.

Presteigne is considered by Country Life magazine editor Clive Aslet to be one of Britain's top 10 small towns

The town probably began as a small settlement around a Minster church dedicated to St Andrew and at the time of the Domesday Book and formed part of the manor of Humet.

By the mid-12th century it was known as 'Presthemede' or 'the border meadow of the priests'. A century later, it passed into the control of the Mortimers, powerful Marcher lords, and on their fall passed into the hands of the Crown.

At the end of the 13th century, the majority of the town's inhabitants, mainly English, enjoyed some prosperity but the Black Death and the Glyndwr rebellion had destroyed this and by the end of the 15th century, the now largely Welsh, population lived in a struggling village. A significant victory in their rebellion was won by the forces of Owain Glyndwr nearby at the Battle of Bryn Glas in 1402.

The development of a thriving cloth industry in the Tudor period brought short-lived prosperity, ended by three new epidemics of plague in three successive generations. Thereafter it became a market town and, until the later 16th century, a centre for processing locally grown barley into malt.

By the Acts of Union, Presteigne - at first jointly with New Radnor - became the county town of Radnorshire and its administrative and judicial centre, housing the county gaol and the Shire Hall.

By the end of the 19th century its newer and larger neighbour, Llandrindod Wells, had usurped the role of administrative centre, but Presteigne remained the venue for the Assizes until these were abolished in 1971.

After a period of stagnation in the first half of the 20th century, the town has developed a diverse manufacturing base^[2] and has begun to exploit its tourism potential while its environment and the development of its social, cultural and leisure facilities have helped to attract people to settle.^[3]

The town has become a local cultural centre. It hosts 2 indigenous festivals. First, the oddly named Sheep Music Festival dedicated to contemporary music;^[13] and the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts^[14] which casts a broader cultural net. It attracts composers of the calibre of Ian Wilson. The town has an award-winning museum - "" The Judge's Lodging.^[15] - created from Radnorshire's disused Shire Hall and re-opened in 1997 by Robert Hardy. The Church of St Andrew permanently houses a 16th-century Flemish Tapestry. Presteigne was also host to the World's first competitive electric bicycle race^[16] The town is also home to the music and arts festival, ""Sheep Music Festival"", which has been run by the local community annually in July since 1992. Finally, the town has inspired twelve songs for voice and piano - A Garland for Presteigne^[17]

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