PRESTEIGNE / LLANANDRAS, Herefordshire

Bibliography

• Parke, Keith - A History of Presteigne. Published by Logaston Press, 1997, 246p. £9.95. (h/b)
  • ISBN 1 873827 79 2

  Chapters are on 1: The Early History of the Area; 2: The Middle Ages; 3: Tudor Presteigne; 4: Plague, War and Fire; 5: Stagnation and Recovery; 6: From the French Wars to Victoria; 7: High Victorian Presteigne; 8: The Struggle for a Future; 9: Towards the 21st Century.

  There is an extensive Bibliography.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Presteigne from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

• A transcription of the section of Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland for Willey in 1899, by Brian Willey. Added 29 Jun 2005.

Names, Geographical

• The Welsh form of the name - 'Llanandras' - may be interpreted to mean 'a place where there is a church dedicated to St Andrew' ('Llan' = 'Church').