The Welsh Marches is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods.
Llanymynech is a village straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the banks of the river Vyrnwy, and the Montgomery Canal passes through it.
The Recreation Ground, usually referred to as Treflan, is a football stadium in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys, Wales and is the home of Mid Wales League Division One club Llansantffraid Village. The Recreation Ground was the home of Welsh Premier League team The New Saints until they moved to Park Hall in nearby Oswestry, England, the former home of Oswestry Town F.C.
Y Cymro was a Welsh language newspaper, published from 1932 to 2017. Y Cymro was founded in Wrexham, and succeeded other newspapers of the same name that had existed during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was the last national newspaper in the Welsh language, and was published weekly, on a Friday. As of November 2017, there are plans to relaunch Y Cymro as a monthly newspaper.
Park Hall Stadium is a football stadium in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was opened by Shropshire County Council in 1993, originally as the home of Oswestry Town. In 2003, Oswestry Town merged with Total Network Solutions F.C. (TNS) to form current Welsh Premier League team The New Saints. The newly merged club moved away from Park Hall to Total Network Solutions' Recreation Ground.
The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, is the border between England and Wales, two constituent countries of the United Kingdom. It runs for 160 miles (260 km) from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south. It has followed broadly the same line since the 8th century, and in part that of Offa's Dyke; the modern boundary was fixed in 1536, when the former marcher lordships which occupied the border area were abolished and new county boundaries were created.
Ceredigion is an annual local history journal about the history of the county of Ceredigion, Wales, published by Ceredigion Historical Society.
William Henry Davies was a Welsh amateur footballer who made four appearances for the Wales national football team in the 1870s and 1880s, and scored his country's first international goal.
Llanyblodwel is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England; the spelling "Llanyblodwell" was commonly used in the past, and the village was sometimes simply referred to as "Blodwel". The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 767. It lies 7 miles west of the nearest town, Oswestry, in the valley of the River Tanat. Simon Jenkins, in his guide to English churches says of Llanyblodwel that "the Welsh Marches are seldom so lovely as where the River Tanat crosses the border through the steep wooded valleys west of Oswestry."
Myles Davies was a Welsh author. He published the Athenae Britannicae in 1716.
Rev. Elias Owen MA, F.S.A. was a Welsh cleric and antiquarian whose works include The Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd, 1886 and Welsh Folk-Lore, 1896.
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury was a Welsh barrister, author and politician.
The 1883–84 FAW Welsh Cup was the 7th edition of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Wales.
Football Club Oswestry Town is a football club based in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One South and play at Park Hall, which is shared with The New Saints of the Welsh Premier League.
The 1898–99 Welsh Amateur Cup was the ninth season of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The cup was won by Oswestry United Reserves who defeated Shrewsbury based team Singleton & Coles 1-0 in the final, at Welshpool.
The 1901–02 Welsh Amateur Cup was the twelfth season of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The cup was won by Wrexham Victoria who defeated Machynlleth Town 1-0 in the final, at Oswestry.
The 1879 Welsh Cup Final, was the 2nd in the competition. It was contested by Newtown White Star and Wrexham at the Cricket Field, Oswestry.
