Buttington

Buttington

Buttington

Human settlement in Wales

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]

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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.[4][5] The Buttington Oak stood near the village until February 2018 and was said to have been planted by local people to commemorate the battle.[6]

Notable people

Former Buttington railway station in 1953; at the junction between the Cambrian Railway main line from Aberystwyth with the Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway[8]

References

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


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