Presteigne
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Presteigne (; : the church of St. Andrew) is a town and community on the south bank of the River Lugg in Powys, Wales. The town is located on the England–Wales border, which surrounds it to the north, east and south. Nearby towns are Kington, Herefordshire to the south and Knighton to the north, and surrounding villages include Norton (within the community) and Stapleton. The community has a population of 2,710; the built-up area had a population of 2,056.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Presteigne
- UK place.welsh_name
- Llanandras
- UK place.static_image_name
- Presteigne.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Presteigne High Street
- UK place.community_wales
- Presteigne
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Powys
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Brecon & Radnorshire
- UK place.post_town
- PRESTEIGNE
- UK place.postcode_area
- LD
- UK place.postcode_district
- LD8
- UK place.dial_code
- 01544
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO315645
- UK place.population
- 2,710
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Presteigne
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Q156150
- Population
- 2710
- Image
- High Street - geograph.org.uk - 1464561.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- SO315645
- postal code
- LD8
- Commons category
- Presteigne
- twinned administrative body
- Ligné
- historic county
- Radnorshire
- P8168
- The Kooks
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Boeing 747-8
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- History
- John Beddoes
- Second World War
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- Bibliography
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Presteigne (; : the church of St. Andrew) is a town and community on the south bank of the River Lugg in Powys, Wales. The town is located on the England–Wales border, which surrounds it to the north, east and south. Nearby towns are Kington, Herefordshire to the south and Knighton to the north, and surrounding villages include Norton (within the community) and Stapleton. The community has a population of 2,710; the built-up area had a population of 2,056.
Presteigne was formerly the county town of the historic county of Radnorshire. Despite being in Wales, it is part of the diocese of Hereford in the Church of England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Presteigne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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