Guides
How to read the ground, how to use historic maps, and how to research a Powys place yourself.
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Walking in Powys
This site covers what you are looking at. Routes, distances and access are on Wales Walks, which is run by the same people.
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Reading the Ground
How to tell a motte from a spoil heap, an enclosure wall from a medieval hedge, and a lynchet from a natural terrace, without any equipment at all.
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Using Historic Maps
Tithe maps for the 1840s, Ordnance Survey six-inch for the 1880s onward, and both are free. This is the fastest route into the history of any Powys place.
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Where the Things Are
Powys has no national museum, so the county's material is spread across a dozen small collections and two large ones in Cardiff and Aberystwyth. Here is what is where.
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Tracing a Powys Family
Patronymics, a handful of surnames shared by half the county, and records split between church and chapel. Welsh genealogy has particular obstacles and particular sources.