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New RadnorNew Radnor is a village in Radnorshire, and gives the county its name. It lies by the Radnor Forest ad has a population today of around 400. The village is said to have been built to replace Old Radnor perhaps as early as 1065, and locally it is believed to have been founded by Harold Godwinson. It became a planned mediæval town, with streets laid out in a grid pattern. It was linked to other settlements nearby and regionally such as Builth Wells, Presteigne and Kington, and later Huntington Castle near Gladestry. There was once a castle here, described as being nearly square with massive square towers at three corners and two smaller round towers covering the town. There were still walls standing in 1840 but today only the earthworks remain. (Read more) |