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Presteigne is a town and community in Radnorshire, Powys, Wales. It was the county town of the historic county of Radnorshire. Despite lying on a minor B road the town has, in common with several other towns close to the Wales-England border, assumed the motto, "Gateway to Wales".
Thomas Lovell Beddoes was an English poet, dramatist and physician.
Thomas Beddoes was an English physician and scientific writer. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire. He was a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine, and an associate of leading scientific figures. He worked to treat tuberculosis.
David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe is a Welsh businessman, a life peer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Lord Rowe-Beddoe is a former chairman of the Welsh Development Agency, and was chairman of Cardiff Airport until November 2016.
John Beddoe was one of the most prominent English ethnologists in Victorian Britain.
John Beddoes School was a secondary or comprehensive school for boys and girls. The school was based on one site in the town of Presteigne.
Talysarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog. The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086.
Meredith is a Welsh given name, and a surname common in parts of Wales. It is of Welsh origin and, as a personal name, was until recently usually given to boys. Meredith has many derivatives which have become personal names and surnames as well.
Sarah Jane Rees, also known by her bardic name of "Cranogwen", was a Welsh teacher, poet, editor and temperance campaigner.
Sir Richard Herbert of Coldbrook Park, near Abergavenny was a 15th-century Welsh knight, and the lineal ancestor of the Herberts of Chirbury.
Newtown High School is a secondary comprehensive school for boys and girls. The school is based on two campuses in the towns of Newtown and Presteigne in Powys. It caters for pupils aged 11 – 18 years.
Bedo Phylip Bach was a Welsh poet. He is thought to be from the same district as, and associated with Bedo Brwynllys. His works include eleven strict metre poems.
David ab Owen was a Welsh abbot and bishop. His family were from the Glasgoed area of Meifod, Montgomeryshire. He studied at Oxford, graduating with a qualification in Canon and Civil Law. He is thought to have taken his Doctorate in Law.
Deirdre Beddoe is a historian of women in modern Britain, with particular focus on Wales. She is Emeritus Professor of Women's History at the University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd.
