Places in Powys
  Discover the local history of our 18 communities in Powys  

Victorian
Timeline

Find out more about the local history during the Victorian years of the mid-Wales communities listed below.

Each community is centred on a town in one of the three old counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire, and includes the local area around each town.

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Children of Nantgwyllt School
Photograph with
thanks to
John Jones
of Rhayader
Children and teachers of Nantgwyllt School in the 1890s.
The site of this school in the Elan Valley is now underwater !
Brecon
Llanwrtyd Wells
Builth Wells
Machynlleth
Crickhowell
Montgomery
Hay-on-Wye
Newtown
Knighton
Presteigne
Llandrindod Wells
Rhayader
Llanfair Caereinion
Talgarth
Llanfyllin
Welshpool
Llanidloes
Ystradgynlais
     
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