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Sentence Examples The family had to take part in four games and a final showdown with the Herdman family from Powys. Hay-on-Wye is in Powys, Wales, and across the border it's closish to Hereford. The family have now moved from their detached home in Primrose Avenue, Macclesfield to a secluded farm in Powys. Powys withstood encroachments from England and Gwynedd throughout its existence, although the Welsh custom of partible inheritance caused rivalries among the ruling family. Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain around 410 AD, the Cornovians seem to have divided into Pengwern and Powys. The structure did not represent a mutually agreed boundary between the Mercians and the Kingdom of Powys. The first Lord Lieutenant of Powys was previously the Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. Gruffydd was the son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, who had been able to rule both Gwynedd and Powys. The term is also sometimes applied to parts of Powys, Monmouthshire and Wrexham. Dyfed Powys Police later confirmed that the case, which was found in Lammas Street, Carmarthen, west Wales, did not contain an explosive device. Powys and Monmouthshire councils blame the Welsh Assembly Government for cutting their funding in favour of giving cash to Wales' urban councils. A NETWORK of pruners has been set up to help regenerate long-lost orchards in Powys. After the division of Powys in 1160 it became the capital of the southern portion which eventually became known as Powys Wenwynwyn. He apparently took Powys from Llywelyn ap Merfyn at the same time and arranged for a dynastic marriage between their children. Meirionnydd was then a vassal cantref of Powys, and the family there a cadet of the Mathrafal house of Powys. The brothers raided Meirionnydd with the Lord of Powys as important there as he was in the Perfeddwlad. In the planning of it, there was a degree of consultation with the kings of Powys and Gwent. With the death of Cyngen in 855 Rhodri the Great became king of Powys, having inherited Gwynedd the year before. This formed the basis of Gwynedd's continued claims of overlordship over Powys for the next 443 years. On his death, Gwynedd reverted to the Aberffraw dynasty, though Powys and Deheubarth were divided between his sons. Show More Sentences Maredudd fought off English encroachment in Powys and increasing Viking raids in Gwynedd. With Bleddyn's death, Powys passed to his sons and grandsons in their turn. Gwenwynwyn of Powys changed sides again that year and allied himself with King John. Powys was itself divided between Bleddyn's sons Iorwerth, Cadwgan, and Maredudd. The three sons of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn would lead the resistance and their restoration in Powys. The Aberffraw dynasty suffered various depositions by rivals in Deheubarth, Powys, and England in the 10th and 11th centuries. Between 1255 and 1258 Llywelyn orchestrated a campaign against England across all of Wales gaining allies in Deheubarth and Powys. His leaderless forces were routed shortly afterwards and the English forces, led by Edward I, moved to occupy Powys and eastern Gwynedd. He appears to have reclaimed the territory of Powys after it had been overrun by the English. Although its precise original purpose is debated, it delineated the border between Anglian Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys. In Powys the river lies within the Radnorshire Environmentally Sensitive Area. According to later genealogies, his mother or grandmother was Nest ferch Cadell of the ruling dynasty in Powys. Another, Cadell, was given Ceredigion and killed his brother Merfyn to claim Powys as well. His brothers Cadell and Merfyn received large estates as well, sometimes said to include the kingdoms of Ceredigion and Powys, respectively. Gwynedd borders the counties of Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, Powys, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi. It is named after the successor Kingdom of Powys, which formed after the Romans withdrew from Britain. Powys has the lowest population density of all the principal areas of Wales. In December 2007 Powys was awarded Fairtrade County status by the Fairtrade Foundation. Eventually, a cadet branch of Dinefwr would establish itself in Powys by the mid 11th century, designated Mathrafal after the castle there. Mathrafal is the original capital of the Kingdom of Powys, in the cantref of Caereinion. Show More Sentences It is bounded by the preserved counties of Gwynedd to the north, Powys to the east and West Glamorgan to the southeast. Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and his brother Rhiwallon came to an agreement with Harold and were given the rule of Gwynedd and Powys. His elder brother Cadwallon was killed in a battle against the forces of Powys in 1132, leaving Owain as his father's heir. In 1146 he captured Mold Castle and about 1150 captured Rhuddlan and encroached on the borders of Powys. The prince of Powys, Madog ap Maredudd, with assistance from Earl Ranulf of Chester, gave battle at Coleshill, but Owain was victorious. Henry invaded Gwynedd in 1157 with the support of Madog ap Maredudd of Powys and Owain's brother Cadwaladr. The summit lies on the border between Powys and Denbighshire, and is the highest point in Denbighshire. Llywelyn's mother was Marared, occasionally anglicised to Margaret, daughter of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys. Llywelyn took the opportunity to annex southern Powys and northern Ceredigion and rebuild Aberystwyth castle. Llywelyn formed an alliance with Gwenwynwyn of Powys and the two main rulers of Deheubarth, Maelgwn ap Rhys and Rhys Gryg, and rose against John. Llywelyn called up the other princes for a campaign against him and drove him out of southern Powys once more. One of the earliest written references to Machynlleth is the Royal charter granted in 1291 by Edward I to Owen de la Pole, Lord of Powys. However, by the early 13th century Wrexham was undisputedly in the hands of the Welsh house of Powys Fadog. As Caer Guricon it is a possible alternative for the Dark Age seat of the Kingdom of Powys. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Taliesin also sang in praise of Cynan Garwyn, king of Powys, Wales, and Cynan's predecessor Brochwel Ysgithrog is also mentioned in later poems. Daffodils are grown commercially near Brecon in Powys, Wales, to produce galantamine, a drug used to combat Alzheimer's disease. Roberts was born at Llanymynech, Powys, on the border between England and Wales. Powys council said it had cut its pounds 186,000 funding because the ACW had earlier slashed its support of pounds 211,000 to the group. Powys has vast experience in boat management and sailed in the Whitbread Round the World Race maxi yachts Rothmans and Fortuna. Show More Sentences Powys leads the list with 4,578ha let as smallholdings, with Anglesey second with 2,522ha and Pembrokeshire third with 2,065ha. For 14 years the world bog snorkelling championships have been held at the Waen Rhydd peat bog near Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys. An english hospital just across the Welsh border has warned it could stop treating patients from Powys unless it receives more money. His scores were part of a 15-try romp as Cardiff dumped village side Dina Powys out of the last 16 of the Swalec Cup. It is understood under one proposal libraries in Dinas Powys, Wenvoe, Sully and St Athan would be manned solely by volunteers. The earliest Welsh genealogies give Maximus the role of founding father for several royal dynasties, including those of Powys and Gwent. The kingdoms of Gwynedd, Powys, Dyfed and Seisyllwg, Morgannwg and Gwent emerged as independent Welsh successor states. In 2006, there were seventeen district hospitals in Wales, although none situated in Powys. Bari Jones, in Archaeology Today in 1998, identified Blodwel Rocks at Llanymynech in Powys as representing a close fit with Tacitus's account. The Aberffraw family had long claimed primacy over all other Welsh lords, including over those rulers of Powys and of Deheubarth. However, de Breos was in disgrace by 1208, and Llywelyn seized both Powys Wenwynwyn and northern Ceredigon. The Cardiff Urban Area covers a slightly larger area outside the county boundary, and includes the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. However, Oswiu killed Penda shortly after, and Mercia spent the rest of the 7th and all of the 8th century fighting the kingdom of Powys. Eliot, Anna Akhmatova, William Faulkner, Dorothy Richardson, John Cowper Powys, and Ezra Pound. In addition to using Welsh history and settings, Powys also uses the mythology of The Mabinogion. He defeated and then allied with Madog ap Maredudd of Powys in 1157, and used this alliance to overwhelm Owain Gwynedd. The boundary passes between Flintshire, Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales and Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire in England. While Gwynedd grew in strength, Powys was broken up after the death of Llywelyn ap Madog in the 1160s and was never reunited. All of these camps are in the county of Shropshire but there was another significant settlement at the Breiddin hillfort in Powys. In the following centuries, the Powys eastern border was encroached upon by English settlers from the emerging Anglian territory of Mercia. Show More Sentences Gruffydd, who had already recovered Powys, expanded into the vacuum. In Wales, CSA examples are mostly based on organic land, like Flintshare in Flintshire and Hill Cottage market garden in Powys, but numbers are still small. He was king of Deheubarth and Powys by 986, when he seized Gwynedd. The majority of the Powys population lives in villages and small towns. Anthony Mobey, of Lettons Way, Dinas Powys, who runs the South Wales branch of international firm Lyndon, denied assaulting the former managing director. The minibus, used by Dinas Powys Voluntary Concern, is out of action after thieves stole the catalytic converter while it was locked in a council compound. Radio Ceredigion has a TSA of 74,000 people, and can be heard from Bangor through to Cross Hands, including parts of Powys, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Two previously unknown Roman fortlets have been discovered guarding strategic passes on the Roman road system near Llanerfyl, in northern Powys, and near Bala in Gwynedd. On Llywelyn's death in 1023, a member of the Aberffraw dynasty, Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig, became ruler of Gwynedd and began his rise to power in Powys. However, in 1132 while on campaign in the commote of Nanheudwy, near Llangollen, 'victorious' Cadwallon was defeated in battle and slain by an army from Powys. The uplands retain evidence of occupation from long before the Kingdom of Powys, and before the Romans, who built roads and forts across the area. However, it is possible, because of internal inconsistencies, that the poetry connected to Powys was associated with Llywarch's name at a later, probably 9th century, date. Dave Powys is taking on the important shore manager position. Recent research suggests that Powys is the happiest place in the UK, although the researchers noted that the numbers were not statistically significant. By 1096 they had retaken most of Powys, including Montgomery Castle. Through the twelfth and thirteenth centuries the House of Mathrafal struggled to retain its lands in Powys against Norman Marcher lords and a resurgent Gwynedd. This branch would compete with House Aberffraw for supremacy and influence in Wales throughout the 10th, 11th, and 12th century, with Powys variously ruled between them. Gruffudd recovered Gwynedd by 1095, and by 1098 Gruffudd allied with Cadwgan ap Bleddyn of the Mathrafal house of Powys, their traditional dynastic rivalry notwithstanding. The Shropshire landowner Eadric the Wild, in alliance with the Welsh rulers of Gwynedd and Powys, raised a revolt in western Mercia, fighting Norman forces based in Hereford. While Owain ap Cadwgan of Ceredigion sought refuge in Gwynedd's mountains, Maredudd ap Bleddyn of Powys made peace with the English king as the Norman army advanced. Show More Sentences Powys brought a force of 400 warriors to the aid of its ally Rhufoniog, while Chester sent Norman knights from Rhuddlan to the aid of Dyffryn Clwyd. He claimed descent from Rhodri Mawr through the House of Powys Fadog. Powys roughly coincided with the territory of the Celtic Cornovii tribe whose civitas or administrative centre during the Roman period was at Viroconium. The capital of Powys, Pengwern, at or near modern Shrewsbury, was conquered by Oswiu of Northumbria in 656 when he had become overlord of the Mercians. By now, Owain's enemies had joined Henry II's camp, enemies such as his wayward brother Cadwaladr and in particular the support of Madog of Powys. The death of Madog ap Meredudd of Powys in 1160 opened an opportunity for Owain I of Gwynedd to further press Gwynedd's influence at the expense of Powys. However, Welsh principalities such as Gwynedd, Powys and Deheubarth survived and from the end of the 11th century, the Welsh began pushing back the Norman advance. The principality of Gwynedd was the dominant power in Wales in the first half of the 13th century, with Powys and Deheubarth becoming tributary states. He married John's natural daughter Joan in 1205, and when John arrested Gwenwynwyn ap Owain of Powys in 1208, Llywelyn took the opportunity to annex southern Powys. Speaking last week before the travellers left, Dinas Powys Cricket Club captain Nathan Piddock said the team were unable to complete a home fixture because of the disruption. Additional lands were acquired through vassalage or conquest, and by regaining lands lost to Marcher lords, particularly that of Ceredigion, Powys Fadog, and Powys Wenwynwyn. The Welsh Clay Target Shooting Association is based in Caersws, Powys. In early 1274, there was a plot by Llywelyn's brother, Dafydd, and Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn of Powys Wenwynwyn and his son, Owain, to kill Llywelyn. Llywelyn made his first move beyond the borders of Gwynedd in August 1202 when he raised a force to attack Gwenwynwyn ab Owain of Powys, who was now his main rival in Wales. Other kings are said to have introduced later modifications to the laws, for example Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, king of Gwynedd and Powys in the mid 11th century. The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. An entry in the Annales Cambriae concerning the death of King Cadell ap Brochfael says that the land later called Powys was originally known as Teyrnllwg. Upon the death of his father King Owain around AD 988, he also inherited the kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys, which he had conquered for his father. In 1208, Gwenwynwyn of Powys fell out with King John who summoned him to Shrewsbury in October and then arrested him and stripped him of his lands. Stability under the princes of Powys enabled Wrexham to develop as a trading town and administrative centre of one of the two commotes making up the Lordship. Show More Sentences John sent troops to help restore Gwenwynwyn to the rule of southern Powys. Merfyn inherited Powys, whilst his brothers, Anarawd ap Rhodri and Cadell, established the Aberffraw dynasty in Gwynedd and the line of Dinefwr respectively. Cardiff Blues are responsible for developing rugby union in the city of Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and south Powys. Examples from Classical Literature Little by little Arabella sobbed out what she had heard that day from Mr. Powys. One of the cases quoted by Powys was distinguished, and Hale was quoted to support the argument for the Crown. When she reached the group it was to hear Mr. Powys speaking of Mr. Barrett. Captain Powys had an old cousin, who was also his godmother, by name Mrs. Wynne. The first named was prince of Powys, and was distinguished also as a soldier. So he was none the better, he nor his household, in Powys, nor in the plains thereof. Dinas Powys, or Dinky Pooh as it is affectionately known to many in these parts, is posh. However, a High Court judge gave Scottish distillers the go-ahead to launch a legal challenge against the company based in Brecon, Powys. And One became a reality when the first bottles rolled off the Radnor Hills production line on May 30, 2005, in Heartsease in Powys. I begin to understand Lady Charlotte and her liking for Mr. Powys better. As reported on Tuesday, the couple bought the Powys hotel, which they managed, from Von Essen Hotels after it was put into administration. The Best Chartered Accountant in Practice award rewards the best professional within a firm in South Wales, which includes the whole of Powys. They beat Aberaeron 41-13 in the last 16 having already seen off Dinas Powys 3-0 in a mud bath the round before. The same name is shared by a tumulus near Bwlch-y-Ddeufanin Gwynedd and a natural outcrop of rock near the waterfall at Llanrhaeadr in Powys. Bleddyn of Powys, a good and merciful prince, became the most important. Find more words! 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