Buttington (Welsh: Tal-y-bont)[1] is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.[2] The village stands on a slight rise above the river's floodplain, by the ancient ford called Rhyd-y-groes, where Offa's Dyke meets the Severn. The ford retained strategic value: reportedly in 1039 a battle took place here between Welsh and English forces.[3]
Buttington
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 Entering Buttington | |
  Buttington Location within Powys | |
| OS grid reference | SJ2408 |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
The Battle of Buttington edit
At Buttington in 893 a combined Welsh and Mercian army under Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, defeated a Danish army which had marched from Essex. This was the decisive battle in the war against the Viking invasion of the 890s.[4][5] The Buttington Oak stood near the village until February 2018 and was said to have been planted by local people to commemorate the battle.[6]
Notable people edit
- Sir William Boyd Dawkins Kt FRS FSA FGS (1837–1929), geologist and archaeologist.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Welsh Place-names: Tal-y-bont : Buttington". People's Collection Wales.
- ^ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
- ^ Buttington, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
- ^ *Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2013). Wales and the Britons 350-1064. Oxford University Press. pp. 507–508. ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2.
- ^ Smyth, Alfred P. (1987). Scandinavian York and Dublin. Irish Academic Press. pp. 33–35. ISBN 0-7165-2365-5.
- ^ "1,000-year-old oak on Offa's Dyke falls". BBC News. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 873.
- ^ Disused Stations: Buttington
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