The City, Montgomeryshire
| City | |
| Montgomeryshire | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO210899 |
| Location: | 52°30’6"N, 3°9’50"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newtown |
| Postcode: | SY16 |
| Dialling code: | 01686 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Powys |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Montgomeryshire |
City is a hamlet in Montgomeryshire a mile from the border with Shropshire. It is situated ¾ mile from the small village of Sarn which lies on the A489 road on the slopes up to the Clun Forest. The hamlet is situated in a small valley, at an elevation of between 690 ft to 750 ft above sea level.[1]
City is just off the minor road that leads from Sarn up to the Kerry Ridgeway and further to Bishop's Castle, a market town 7½ miles distant, in Shropshire. The two nearer towns however are historic Montgomery — five miles away — and the larger Newtown, which is seven miles to the west.[1]
At present, 11 dwellings comprise the core of the hamlet (though one is dilapidated) as well as three outlying isolated houses.[1] There are a number of small, disused quarries in the area. Today the landscape is a mixture of woodland and pasture. The local economy is largely based on agriculture and forestry.
There is a Royal Mail post box with a daily collection Monday-Saturday,[2] and the hamlet's postcode is SY16 4HH.
Bachaethlon
A separate and historic settlement called Bachaethlon lies just to the north of City, on the other side of the Sarn-Bishop's Castle road.[3] Bachaethlon lies on more level ground, at an elevation of 660 ft. It consists of six dwellings and many agricultural buildings.[1] Other spellings include "Bahaithlon" and "Bahaillon".
Origin of the name
The hamlet has never held the status of a city and "City" is not a recognisable Welsh-language word, so its origin is unclear. It is possible that the name came from an Anglicisation of Saith Tŷ, which is Welsh for "Seven Houses".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ordnance Survey mapping
- ↑ Dracos.co.uk Postboxes in SY16
- ↑ Geograph.org.uk SO2190 : The settlement at Bachaethlon