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Knighton (Tref-y-clawdd or Trefyclo) is a market town and community on the River Teme, straddling the border between Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England.^[1]

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Market towns in Wales
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A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4).

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A Shropshire Lad

A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896.

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A. E. Housman

Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classical scholar and poet.

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A4113 road

The A4113 road is a single-carriageway road that runs from Knighton in Powys to Bromfield in Shropshire, United Kingdom, passing through north Herefordshire.

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Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Knighton, Powys and Aberystwyth are market towns in Wales.

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AC Milan

(), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.

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Accession day

An accession day is usually the anniversary of the date on which a monarch or executive takes office.

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Alan Turner (Emmerdale)

Alan Turner is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Richard Thorp.

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Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues".

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Alfred Ormond Edwards (12 October 1850 – 4 April 1923) was an English businessman and football pioneer.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Arthur Rowley

George Arthur Rowley Jr. (21 April 1926 – 19 December 2002), nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer.

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Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System.

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Atheism

Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Baptists

Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.

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Basingwerk Abbey

Basingwerk Abbey (Abaty Dinas Basing) is a Grade I listed ruined abbey near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales.

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Battle of Bryn Glas

The Battle of Bryn Glas (also known as the Battle of Pilleth) was a battle between the Welsh and English on 22 June 1402, near the towns of Knighton and Presteigne in Powys, Wales.

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Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated west of the town of Grantham and northeast of Melton Mowbray.

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Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport, is an international airport located east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.

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Birmingham Press Club

Birmingham Press Club is a press club based in the English city of Birmingham.

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Boots (company)

Boots UK Limited (formerly Boots the Chemists Limited), trading as Boots, is a health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain that operates in the United Kingdom.

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Border town

A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions.

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Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.

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Brecon and Radnorshire (Senedd constituency)

Brecon and Radnorshire (Brycheiniog a Sir Faesyfed) is a constituency of the Senedd.

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Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Brecon and Radnorshire (Brycheiniog a Sir Faesyfed) was a county constituency in Wales of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Brexit

Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).

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Bruce Chatwin

Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist.

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Bucknell, Shropshire

Bucknell is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Caer Caradoc

Caer Caradoc (Caer Caradog, the fort of Caradog) is a hill in the English county of Shropshire.

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Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains (Mynyddoedd Cambria, in a narrower sense: Elenydd) are a series of mountain ranges in Wales.

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Camera obscura

A camera obscura is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole.

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Caratacus

Caratacus was a 1st-century AD British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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The Central Wales Football League (formerly the Mid Wales Football League) is a football league in Wales at tier four of the Welsh Football pyramid, run by the Central Wales Football Association.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

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Chaz Davies

Chaz Richard Page Davies (born 10 February 1987 in Knighton, Powys, Wales), is a British motorcycle racer, primarily known for his career in the Superbike World Championship, where he finished three times as runner-up.

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Châtelain

Châtelain (from castellanus, derived from castellum; pertaining to a castle, fortress. Middle English: castellan from Anglo-Norman: castellain and Old French: castelain) was originally the French title for the keeper of a castle.

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Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Church in Wales

The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.

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Clock tower

Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls.

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Clun

Clun (Colunwy) is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Knighton, Powys and Clun are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Clun and Chapel Lawn

Clun or Clun and Chapel Lawn (sometimes "Clun with Chapel Lawn") is a civil parish which covers a large rural area in the southwest of Shropshire, England.

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Clun Forest

Clun Forest is a remote, rural area of open pastures, moorland and mixed deciduous/coniferous woodland in the southwest part of the English county of Shropshire and also just over the border into Powys, Wales.

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Colosseum (band)

Colosseum are an English jazz rock band, mixing blues, rock and jazz-based improvisation.

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A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Commuting

Commuting is periodically recurring travel between a place of residence and place of work or study, where the traveler, referred to as a commuter, leaves the boundary of their home community.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Cornovii (Midlands)

The Cornovīī (Common Brittonic: *Cornowī) were a Celtic people of the Iron Age and Roman Britain, who lived principally in the modern English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, north Staffordshire, north Herefordshire and eastern parts of the Welsh counties of Flintshire, Powys and Wrexham.

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Costume party

A costume party (American English) or fancy dress party (other varieties of English) is a type of party, common in contemporary Western culture, in which many of the guests are dressed in costume, usually depicting a fictional or stock character, or historical figure.

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COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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Craven Arms

Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. Knighton, Powys and Craven Arms are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland

David Charles Robert Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland (born 8 May 1959), is a British hereditary peer and landowner.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Dick Heckstall-Smith

Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith (26 September 1934 – 17 December 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.

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Drovers' road

A drovers' road, drove road, droveway, or simply a drove, is a route for droving livestock on foot from one place to another, such as to market or between summer and winter pasture (see transhumance).

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Dyfed–Powys Police

Dyfed–Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed–Powys) is the territorial police force in Wales policing Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (which make up the former administrative area of Dyfed) and the unitary authority of Powys (covering Brecknockshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire).

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Ed James (DJ)

Ed James (born Edward Charles Stirk 23 March 1976 in Knighton, Radnorshire) is a British disc jockey, broadcaster and journalist, who currently hosts Drive Time for Heart West Midlands in Birmingham alongside Gemma Hill.

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Education in the United Kingdom

Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under separate governments.

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Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor (1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Emergency department

An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.

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Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 19025 February 1988) was a Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer.

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Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland

Rachel Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Watkins, born 2 September 1963) is a British noblewoman and podcaster.

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Emmerdale

Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV.

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Enduro

Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England–Wales border

The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, runs for from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south, separating England and Wales.

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Estyn

Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales.

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Fay Jones (politician)

Fay Alicia Jones (born 18 January 1985) is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnorshire from 2019 to 2024.

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Federation of Stoke-on-Trent

The federation of Stoke-on-Trent was the 1910 amalgamation of the six Staffordshire Potteries towns of Burslem, Tunstall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Fenton and Longton into the single county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Float (parade)

A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle like a truck or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Carnival in São Paulo, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, the 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.

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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids.

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Forever More (band)

Forever More was a late 1960s and early 1970s progressive rock band.

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General practitioner

A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.

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Geograph Britain and Ireland

Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project, begun in March 2005, to create a freely accessible archive of geographically located photographs of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Glyndŵr's Way

Glyndŵr's Way (Llwybr Glyndŵr) is a long-distance footpath in mid-Wales.

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Golf course

A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played.

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Gone to Earth (film)

Gone to Earth is a 1950 British Technicolor film created by the director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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Guy N. Smith

Guy Newman Smith (21 November 1939 – 24 December 2020) was an English writer best known for his pulp fiction-style horror, though he also wrote non-fiction, softcore pornography, and children's literature.

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Harry Vardon

Henry William Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a professional golfer from Jersey.

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Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll), known locally as Hay (Y Gelli), is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, in the historic county of Brecknockshire. Knighton, Powys and Hay-on-Wye are Communities in Powys, market towns in Wales, towns in Powys and towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Heart of Wales line

The Heart of Wales line (Llinell Calon Cymru) is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in southwest Wales.

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Heart West Midlands

Heart West Midlands is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.

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Herbert Kilpin

Herbert Kilpin (24 January 1870 – 22 October 1916) was an English football player and manager, best known as the main founding father of AC Milan.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. Knighton, Powys and Hereford are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922

The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922 covers the period between the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), and the Grouping, the amalgamation of almost all of Britain's many railway companies into the Big Four by the Railways Act 1921.

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Holywell, Flintshire

Holywell (Treffynnon) is a market town and community in Flintshire, Wales.

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Housing association

In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, non-profit making organisations that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in need of a home.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jack Mytton Way

The Jack Mytton Way is a long distance footpath and bridleway for horseriders, hillwalkers and mountain bikers in mid and south Shropshire, England.

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Jack Rowley

John Frederick Rowley (7 October 1918 – 28 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United.

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James Evans (Welsh politician)

James Evans is a Welsh Conservative Party politician and farmer, who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2021 Senedd election.

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John Beddoes School

John Beddoes School is a secondary or comprehensive school for boys and girls.

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John Hunt, Baron Hunt

Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt, (22 June 1910 – 7 November 1998) was a British Army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Julie Christie

Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress.

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Kenneth Turpin

Kenneth Turpin (13 January 1915 – 14 September 2005) was a Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, from 1957 to 1980.

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Knighton Community Centre is a venue situated in the Powys border town of Knighton.

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Knighton Hospital

Knighton Hospital (Ysbyty Trefyclo) is a health facility in Ffrydd Road, Knighton, Powys, Wales.

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Knighton railway station

Knighton railway station serves the border market town of Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England (the border is immediately adjacent to the south side of the station and runs through the car park).

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Knighton Town F.C.

Knighton Town Football Club is a Welsh football club founded in 1887.

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Knucklas

Knucklas (Cnwclas, meaning "green hillock") is a village in Powys, Wales, previously Radnorshire.

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Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542

The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 (Y Deddfau Cyfreithiau yng Nghymru 1535 a 1542) or the Acts of Union (Y Deddfau Uno), were Acts of the Parliament of England under King Henry VIII of England, causing Wales to be incorporated into the realm of the Kingdom of England.

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Leintwardine

Leintwardine is a small to mid-size village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England, close to the border with Shropshire.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.

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There are hundreds of long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom designated in publications from public authorities, guidebooks and OS maps.

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List of places in Powys (categorised)

This is a categorised list of places in Powys, Wales.

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List of religions and spiritual traditions

While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to explain the origin of life or the universe.

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Llandrindod railway station

Llandrindod railway station, south-west of, serves the town of Llandrindod Wells in Mid Wales.

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Llandrindod Wells

Llandrindod Wells (Llandrindod,;; sometimes known colloquially as Landod or simply Dod) is a town and community in Powys, Wales. Knighton, Powys and Llandrindod Wells are towns in Powys.

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Llanfair Waterdine

Llanfair Waterdine, sometimes written as Llanvair Waterdine and meaning St Mary's Church Waterdine, is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the north side of the Teme valley and adjacent to the Wales-England border.

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Llywelyn ap Gruffudd

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282), Llywelyn II, also known as Llywelyn the Last (lit), was King of Gwynedd, and later was recognised as the prince of Wales (Princeps Walliae; Tywysog Cymru) from 1258 until his death at Cilmeri in 1282.

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Lou Martin

Louis Michael Martin (12 August 1949 – 17 August 2012) was a piano and organ player from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)

Ludlow was a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Ludlow Group

The Ludlow Group are geologic formations deposited during the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period in the British Isles, in areas of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

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Machynlleth

Machynlleth is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. Knighton, Powys and Machynlleth are Communities in Powys, market towns in Wales, towns in Powys and wards of Powys.

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Maiden and married names

When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.

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Market town

A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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Met Office

The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.

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Michael Powell

Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.

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Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service

The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the Welsh principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea.

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Milford Haven

Milford Haven (Rivers Cleddau) is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Montgomery, Powys

Montgomery (Trefaldwyn; translates as the town of Baldwin) is a town and community in Powys, Wales. Knighton, Powys and Montgomery, Powys are towns in Powys and towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Mumbles

Mumbles (Mwmbwls.) is a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales.

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Municipal charter

A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town.

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National Trails

National Trails are long distance footpaths and bridleways in England and Wales.

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Nether Skyborry

Nether Skyborry is a Grade 2 listed country house (near to Skyborry Green) and lies within the parish of Llanfair Waterdine, South Shropshire.

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New Invention, Shropshire

New Invention is a hamlet in Shropshire, England on the A488 between Clun and Knighton.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Herefordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Ellie Chowns of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events.

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Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales.

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Offa's Dyke Path

Offa's Dyke Path (Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is a long-distance footpath loosely following the Wales–England border.

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Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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On the Black Hill

On the Black Hill is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year.

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Oriel College, Oxford

Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.

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Oswestry

Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. Knighton, Powys and Oswestry are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Owain Glyndŵr

Owain ap Gruffydd (–), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr (anglicised as Owen Glendower), was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the late Middle Ages, who led a 15-year-long revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales.

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Pete Brown

Peter Ronald Brown (25 December 1940 – 19 May 2023) was an English performance poet, lyricist, and singer best known for his collaborations with Cream and Jack Bruce.

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Pete Drummond

Peter Drummond-Hay (born 29 July 1943), known professionally as Pete Drummond, is a British voice artist and former BBC and pirate radio disc jockey and announcer.

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Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines.

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Philip Dunne (Ludlow MP)

Philip Martin Dunne (born 14 August 1958) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ludlow constituency in Shropshire from 2005 to 2024.

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Planetarium

A planetarium (planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation.

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Powys

Powys is a county and preserved county in Wales.

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Powys County Council

Powys County Council (Cyngor Sir Powys) is the local authority for Powys, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales.

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Presteigne

Presteigne (Llanandras: the church of St. Andrew) is a town and community on the south bank of the River Lugg in Powys, Wales. Knighton, Powys and Presteigne are towns in Powys and towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Provost (education)

A provost is a senior academic administrator.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local.

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Purslow

Purslow is a hamlet in south Shropshire, England.

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Radnor Forest

Radnor Forest (Fforest Clud) is a rock dome composed of Silurian shales, mudstones and limestone in the historic county of Radnorshire, Powys, Mid Wales.

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Radnorshire

Until 1974, Radnorshire (Sir Faesyfed) was an administrative county in mid Wales, later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Rain of animals

A rain of animals is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which flightless animals fall from the sky.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

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Rhayader

Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy) is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, within the historic county of Radnorshire. Knighton, Powys and Rhayader are Communities in Powys, market towns in Wales, towns in Powys and wards of Powys.

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Richard Thorp

Richard Stanley Thorp (2 January 1932 – 22 May 2013) was an English actor.

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River Teme

The River Teme (pronounced; Afon Tefeidiad) rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown, and flows southeast roughly forming the border between England and Wales for several miles through Knighton before entering England in the vicinity of Bucknell and continuing east to Ludlow in Shropshire.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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Ron Powell

Ronald William Herbert Powell (2 December 1929 – 25 May 1992) was a footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League between 1948 and 1964, and who played over 500 senior games.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Saint George

Saint George (Geṓrgios;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, Geōrgius, გიორგი, Ge'orgiyos, Mar Giwargis, translit died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity.

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Samuel Lewis (publisher)

Samuel Lewis (c. 1782 – 1865) was the editor and publisher of topographical dictionaries and maps of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.

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Second Best (film)

Second Best is a 1994 British drama film produced by Sarah Radclyffe and directed by Chris Menges.

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Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System.

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Senedd

The Senedd, officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales.

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Shawbury

Shawbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

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Shobdon Airfield

Shobdon Airfield is an airport west of Leominster, Herefordshire, England.

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Shrewsbury

("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England. Knighton, Powys and Shrewsbury are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Shrewsbury railway station

Shrewsbury railway station serves the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knighton,_Powys

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