Radnorshire
Radnorshire is an historic county of Wales. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
An inland county of South Wales; bounded, on the NW and the N, by Montgomeryshire; on the NE, by Salop; on the E, by Herefordshire; on the S and the SW, by Breconshire; on the W, by Cardiganshire.
The market-towns are Presteigne, Knighton, and Rhayader.
Also known as Radnor.
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