PRESTEIGNE / LLANANDRAS, Herefordshire
- Parke, Keith - A History of Presteigne. Published by Logaston Press, 1997,
246p. £9.95. (h/b)
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.
- 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').
URL of this page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Presteigne/index.html