Buttington
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| Welsh: Tal-y-bont | |
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Buttington shown within Powys |
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| OS grid reference | SJ2408 |
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| Principal area | Powys |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
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Buttington (Welsh: Tal-y-bont) is a village in Powys, Wales. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.[1]
The 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.[2][3]
Notable people
- William Boyd Dawkins, geologist and archaeologist
References
- ↑ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
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