Montgomeryshire

E13915

former parliamentary constituency historic county

Montgomeryshire is a historic county and former parliamentary constituency in mid-Wales, known for its rural landscape and market towns such as Newtown and Welshpool.

Aliases (2)

Mid Wales ×1
Powys ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former parliamentary constituency → historic county →
abolishedAsAdministrativeCounty	1974 →
borderedBy	Cardiganshire → Denbighshire → Merionethshire → Radnorshire → Shropshire →
containsArea	Severn Valley →
containsRegion	Cambrian Mountains →
containsRiver	River Dyfi → River Severn → River Vyrnwy →
containsSettlement	Berriew → Llanfair Caereinion → Llanfyllin → Llanidloes → Machynlleth → Montgomery → Newtown → Welshpool →
country	Wales →
createdAsAdministrativeCounty	1889 →
elects	one Member of Parliament →
hasCountyTown	Welshpool →
hasFeature	market towns →
hasHistoricCountyTown	Montgomery →
hasLandscape	rural →
hasMajorTown	Llanidloes → Machynlleth → Montgomery → Newtown → Welshpool →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasPrincipalEconomicActivity	agriculture → tourism →
hasRecognisedLanguage	Welsh →
historicCountyCode	MGY →
historicCountyOf	Wales →
locatedIn	mid-Wales →
namedAfter	Montgomery →
parliamentaryConstituencyAbolished	2024 →
parliamentaryConstituencyCreated	1542 →
parliamentarySuccessorConstituency	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr →
partOf	Wales →
replacedBy	Powys →
representedIn	House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Merionethshire → Sir Feirionnydd → South Wales ("Mid Wales") →	borders
Severn ("Powys") →	basinIncludesRegion
Powys →	formedByMergerOf
Llangurig →	parliamentaryConstituency
Robert Clive →	parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented
Llangurig →	seneddConstituency
Llangurig →	traditionalCounty