Buttington (Welsh: Tal-y-bont)[1] is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.[2] 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.[3] All Saints Church is a Grade I listed building.[4]

The Battle of Buttington

Main article: 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.[5][6] The Buttington Oak stood near the village until February 2018 and was said to have been planted by local people to commemorate the battle.[7]

Notable people

Former Buttington railway station in 1953; at the junction between the Cambrian Railways main line from Aberystwyth with the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway[9]

References

  1. ^ "Welsh Place-names: Tal-y-bont : Buttington". People's Collection Wales.
  2. ^ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
  3. ^ Buttington, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Church of All Saints (Grade I) (7902)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ *Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2013). Wales and the Britons 350-1064. Oxford University Press. pp. 507–508. ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2.
  6. ^ Smyth, Alfred P. (1987). Scandinavian York and Dublin. Irish Academic Press. pp. 33–35. ISBN 0-7165-2365-5.
  7. ^ "1,000-year-old oak on Offa's Dyke falls". BBC News. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Dawkins, William Boyd" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 873.
  9. ^ Disused Stations: Buttington


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