Guilsfield
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Guilsfield is a village and local government community
in Powys
, Wales
. It lies beside Guilsfield Brook about three miles north of Welshpool
. It is located on the B4392 road and a disused branch of the Montgomery Canal
starts nearby. The community has an area of 30.01 km2 and had a population of 1,640 in 2001.
The Welsh name of the village is first recorded in the 12th century as "Kegitua" and means "place of hemlock
". The English name is first recorded in 1278 as "Guildesfelde". It may be named after a person i.e. "Gyldi's field" or could mean "gold field".
The village contains St. Aelhaearn's church which has a tower dating from about 1300. There are several large houses in the area including Maesmawr Hall which dates from 1692 and Trawscoed Hall from 1777. In 1862 a hoard
of metalwork from the late Bronze Age
was discovered near the village. It contained over 120 pieces such as swords, spearheads and axes.
Guilsfield has a football team, Guilsfield F.C.
, which plays in the Cymru Alliance
league.
Community (Wales)
A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....
in Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It lies beside Guilsfield Brook about three miles north of Welshpool
Welshpool
Welshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...
. It is located on the B4392 road and a disused branch of the Montgomery Canal
Montgomery Canal
The Montgomery Canal , known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in Powys, in eastern Wales, and in northwest Shropshire, in western England...
starts nearby. The community has an area of 30.01 km2 and had a population of 1,640 in 2001.
The Welsh name of the village is first recorded in the 12th century as "Kegitua" and means "place of hemlock
Conium
Conium is a genus of two species of highly poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region as Conium maculatum, and to southern Africa as Conium chaerophylloides....
". The English name is first recorded in 1278 as "Guildesfelde". It may be named after a person i.e. "Gyldi's field" or could mean "gold field".
The village contains St. Aelhaearn's church which has a tower dating from about 1300. There are several large houses in the area including Maesmawr Hall which dates from 1692 and Trawscoed Hall from 1777. In 1862 a hoard
Hoard
In archaeology, a hoard is a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground. This would usually be with the intention of later recovery by the hoarder; hoarders sometimes died before retrieving the hoard, and these surviving hoards may be uncovered by...
of metalwork from the late Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
was discovered near the village. It contained over 120 pieces such as swords, spearheads and axes.
Guilsfield has a football team, Guilsfield F.C.
Guilsfield F.C.
Guilsfield F.C. is a football team, founded in 1957 in Guilsfield, near Welshpool, Wales. Guilsfield play in the Cymru Alliance, which is in the second level of the Welsh football league system.-External links:**...
, which plays in the Cymru Alliance
Cymru Alliance
The Huws Gray Alliance is a football league and forms the second level of the Welsh football league system in north and central Wales....
league.