RADNORIAN

Looking through old census returns isn't quite as much fun as it used to be. You check out some young fellow of 30 in 1841, follow him ...

I don't think that the United Kingdom's decline can be blamed entirely on the abolition of the Radnor Boroughs parliamentary seat in...

Now here's a name that shouts out a Radnorshire origin. His father was from Presteigne but the family roots were in Llanbister, wher...

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Researchers sometimes fail to note that the boundaries of Wales in the Victorian census records are not the same as the borders we take for...

A correspondent informs me that Damon Albarn (ex-Blur) has recently staged the premiere of his English folk opera Dr Dee, here's the BB...

This map shows parishes which in 1670 had significant numbers of surnames of English origin not found in the locality at the time of the Act...

This map shows how the great majority of Radnorshire folk still adhered to the patronymical naming system at the time of the establishment o...

Ireland meets North Korea, Slightly mad but fascinating ...

Dear Radnorian Exile, Missing the green green grass of home, filled with nostalgia for a Radnorshire accent? Well here's a You Tube tre...

One man's enclave is another man's exclave and this list shows that such geographical anomalies are more common than one might expe...

In 1946 the headmistress of the primary school in Selattyn, Shropshire, in reply to a query, stated that just 5 of her 46 pupils were fluen...

This week's Radnor Express reports that Mr Trevor Gummer has been appointed manager of Presteigne St Andrews football club, this foll...

Here's a pretty little map from the National Museum of Wales showing Welsh dialect words for cowshed. I think it's obvious from the...

I like the cover of this booklet, currently for sale on Ebay . Will it mention Corbett Wilson landing in a Colfa farmer's field in 191...

A rare glimpse of the girl group genius that was Coventry's The Orchids. I don't know if Val Jones, Georgina Oliver or Pamela Jarman...

If Dansey/Danzey is an unusual forename that often hints at a Radnorian origin then Gwlithyn might be considered its distaff equivalent. C...

There may not be much about Dame Annie in the press at the moment, but I did wonder about this 12" single cover. It looks like a posed ...

See, see the wide horizons glorious blaze! The setting sun descending low, Beyond the fervid mountain's brow. And high Carnedda's to...

It's always interesting when readers comment on posts that have disappeared off the front page months or even years before. Since they...