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See also:RHAYADER (Rhaiadr-Gwy) , a See also:market See also:town of See also:Radnorshire, See also:Wales, situated amid See also:wild and beautiful scenery on the See also:left See also:bank of the Wye, about 12 m. above its confluence with the Elan. Pop. (190x) 1215. Rhayader is a station on the See also:Cambrian railway. A See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge over the Wye connects the town with the See also:village and See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Cwmdauddwr. Rhayader has for some centuries been an important centre for Welsh mutton and See also:wool, and its See also:sheep fairs are largely attended by drovers and buyers from all parts. Near Rhayader are the large reservoirs constructed (1895) by the See also:corporation of See also:Birmingham in the Elan and Claerwen valleys.
Rhayader, built See also:close to the Falls of the Wye (whence its name), owes its See also:early importance to the See also:castle erected here by See also:Prince Rhys ap See also:Griffith of See also:South Wales, c. 1178, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to check the See also:English advance up the Wye Valley. Seized by the invaders, castle and town were later retaken in 1231 by Prince See also:Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, who burned the fortress and slew its See also:garrison. Scarcely a trace of the castle exists, although its site near St See also:Clement's church is locally known as See also:Tower See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. With the erection of Maesyfed into the See also:shire of See also:Radnor in 1536 Rhayader was named as See also:assize-town for the newly formed See also:county in See also:conjunction with New Radnor; but in 1542, on See also:account of a See also:local See also:riot, the town was deprived of this See also:privilege in favour of See also:Presteign. Rhayader constituted one of the See also:group of boroughs comprising the Radnor See also:parliamentary See also:district until the Redistribution See also:Act of 1885.
End of Article: RHAYADER (Rhaiadr-Gwy)
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