Townships in Montgomeryshire

The former county of Montgomeryshire was divided into townships, divisions of its ancient parishes. In 1539, townships were grouped together in hundreds. The townships which were recognised were based on the older Welsh divisions of tref, or plural trefi, which had formed the Welsh administrative districts of commotes. Not all of the former tref were recognised and some smaller trefi were amalgamated into larger townships. A township was allocated to a particular parish—that is, one of the [civil] parishes of Wales (analogous to civil parishes of England), the predecessors to today's communities of Wales. The townships were recognised as administrative districts, rather than the parishes.

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