Buttington

Buttington

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OS grid reference SJ2408
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Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales

Buttington (Welsh: Tal-y-bont) is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.[1] The village stands on a slight rise above the river's floodplain, by the ancient ford called Rhyd-y-groes, where Offa's Dyke meets the Severn. The ford retained strategic value: reportedly in 1039 a battle took place here between Welsh and English forces.[2]

The Battle of Buttington

At Buttington in 893 a combined Welsh and Mercian army under Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, defeated a Danish army which had marched from Essex. This was the decisive battle in the war against the Viking invasion of the 890s.[3][4] The Buttington Oak stood near the village until February 2018 and was said to have been planted by local people to commemorate the battle.[5]

Notable people

Former Buttington railway station in 1953; at the junction between the Cambrian Railway main line from Aberystwyth with the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway[6]

References

  1. ↑ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
  2. ↑ Buttington, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
  3. ↑
    • Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2013). Wales and the Britons 350-1064. Oxford University Press. pp. 507–508. ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2.
  4. ↑ Smyth, Alfred (1987). Scandinavian York and Dublin. Irish Academic Press. pp. 33–35. ISBN 0-7165-2365-5.
  5. ↑ "1,000-year-old oak on Offa's Dyke falls". BBC News. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Disused Stations: Buttington


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